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Project Spotlight! The #umdspacesystemslab is home to several underwater free-fliers, with EUCLID being one of them! EUCLID represents the next generation of free-flyer technology, building off of lessons learned from previous SSL free-fliers. #marylandroboticscenter
#throwbackthursday Back in the late 1980s, the #umdspacesystemslab began working on the Multimode Proximity Operations Device, or MPOD: a 6-DoF free flying mobility base system that could be remotely operated or piloted by an astronaut!. #spaceexploration #neutralbuoyancy
#throwbackthursday In the not so distant late 2000s, the #umdspacesystemslab began working with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to develop SAMURAI: a 6000-meter capable, 6 DoF dexterous manipulator equipped with a stereo camera for autonomous visioning! #spacerobots
#throwbackthursday Back in the 1980s, the #umdspacesystemslab developed the Beam Assembly Teleoperator (BAT) to demonstrate teleoperated assembly of the EASE hardware from shuttle flight 61-B. BAT was the first telerobot developed by the SSL, having two arms and a camera!
This week, the #umdspacesystemslab is undergoing suspension testing for VERTEX/Biobot! VERTEX has active AND passive suspension, so the rover can control its height and levelness while driving smooth! #marylandroboticscenter #umdaerospace #rover #spacerobotics #spaceexploration
The main facility of the #umdspacesystemslab, the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility (NBRF), is home to a 25ft-deep, 50ft-diameter neutral buoyancy tank! The neutral buoyancy tank allows us to simulate microgravity, as well as other planets gravities! #marylandroboticscenter
#throwbackthursday Back in 1992, the #umdspacesystemslab began working on the Ranger Telerobotic Flight Experiment (RTFX), a four-armed dexterous servicing spacecraft! Cool fact: The 1st and 3rd photos are of Ranger in NASA Marshall’s Neutral Buoyancy Simulator!
This week, the #umdspacesystemslab began testing the steering actuators on VERTEX! VERTEX has 4 independent steering actuators (or motors) that let it drive in several different modes of steering #lunarrover #spaceexploration #nasa #marylandroboticscenter
Happy #october! To celebrate the start of the spookiest month, the #umdspacesystemslab drove NBV (one of our robotic manipulators) through singularities to demonstrate to our undergraduate researchers their affect on robot motion. (4x speed) #marylandroboticscenter #spacerobot
For more than a decade, the #umdspacesystemslab has been utilizing the MGA Exoskeleton as a research tool for medical rehabilitation, advanced robotic control algorithms, and intuitive human-robot control interfaces! #marylandroboticscenter #universityofmaryland
#ThrowbackThursday Back in 1990s the #umdspacesystemslab developed two 26-sided, 6 degree-of-freedom underwater free-fliers each equipped with a camera to monitor underwater operations: the Supplemental Camera and Maneuvering Platform, or SCAMP
Last summer, the #umdspacesystemslab participated in the 2022 BIG Idea challenge, where we developed TRAVELS, a four-legged wheel-on-limb rover with two dexterous front legs, designed to explore harsh lunar environments such as lunar lava tubes!
