A Survey on Teleoperation of Canada’s Mobile Servicing System

Abstract

The system design and safety issues associated with the ground teleoperation of Canada’s Mobile Servicing System(MSS) are described in this paper. Firstly, the system configuration of MSS is presented, and the needs for MSS ground teleoperation are analyzed. Then, the challenges of operating the MSS from ground and the related operational techniques developed are discussed,and the mission planning and mission execution as well as on-orbit demonstration are overviewed in the MSS ground control operations. Finally, the suggestions are given for China’s space station manipulator teleoperation , providing a reference for the development of space robot teleoperation

Keywords

space station / manipulator / teleoperation

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