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This chapter deals with space robotics and its associated space applications. In order to contextualize the robotics in the space exploration scenario, this paper presents an overview of the space age and the first robotic probes preceding the landing of the astronauts on the Moon. In addition, the paper approaches and discusses space robotics fundamental concepts, classification, and safety-critical aspects for space robotics applications. The space robotics state of the art presented in this article, focuses on the International Space Station (ISS) Extravehicular Activities (EVA), the planetary explorations (like the current Mars exploration), JAXA’s Hayabusa mission that rendezvoused and landed on the 25143 Itokawa asteroid, and in the ESA/DLR’s Rosetta spacecraft carrying its Philae robotic module which landed on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. The article includes a discussion of on-orbit servicing and rendezvous & docking/berthing (RVD/B). Finally, the paper presents the modeling techniques to derive the equations of motion for manipulator-like spacecraft.
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da Fonseca, I.M. (2021). Space Robotics and Associated Space Applications. In: Balthazar, J.M. (eds) Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 95. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60694-7_9
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