| Title: | Introduction to the mechanics of space robots |
| Authors: | Giancarlo Genta |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : Springer, 2011 |
| Series: | Space technology library |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-94-007-1796-1 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (xxi, 597 p.) / ill. |
| Bibliography note: | "Based on lecture notes on a space robotics course, this book offers a pedagogical introduction to the mechanics of space robots. After presenting an overview of the environments and conditions space robots have to work in, the author discusses a variety of manipulatory devices robots may use to perform their tasks"--Back cover./ Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-588) and index. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | TL1097 |
| Subjects: | Robots--Design and construction ; Space environment ; Space robotics |
| Description: | |
| Contents note: | Introduction -- Space and planetary environment -- Manipulatory devices -- Mobility on planetary surfaces -- Wheeled vehicles and rovers -- Non-wheeled vehicles and rovers -- Actuators and sensors -- Power systems -- Appendix A: Equations of motion in the configuration and state spaces -- Appendix B: Equations of motion for continuous systems. |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=9401 |
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