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Design and Performance Characterization of a Gripper End-Effector for a Space Berthing Manipulator

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In this paper the task of berthing is presented with a suitable end-effector design. A geometry-based gripper is designed to capture microsatellites CubeSat on their ribs. To minimize the volume, one d.o.f.-mechanism is designed with a foldable structure. The workability of the design is tested by dynamic simulation to find and check the limitations of the construction.

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  1. LARM2 Laboratory of Robot Mechatronics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Alexander Titov & Marco Ceccarelli

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  1. SP2MI - Site du Futuroscope, University of Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex 9, France

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  2. College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

    Carl A. Nelson

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli

  4. SP2MI - Site du Futuroscope, University of Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex 9, France

    Saïd Zeghloul

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Titov, A., Ceccarelli, M. (2023). Design and Performance Characterization of a Gripper End-Effector for a Space Berthing Manipulator. In: Laribi, M.A., Nelson, C.A., Ceccarelli, M., Zeghloul, S. (eds) New Advances in Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications. MeTrApp 2023. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29815-8_2

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