Visual Measurement for On-Orbit Reflector Assembly
Author(s) -
Shin-Ichiro NISHIDA,
Heihachiro Kamimura
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2015.p0480
Subject(s) - reflector (photography) , telescope , orbit (dynamics) , computer science , james webb space telescope , servo , computer vision , remote sensing , optics , artificial intelligence , physics , aerospace engineering , engineering , geology , light source
Artist concept of in-orbit assembly In Earth orbit, a space telescope is free from any absorption or disturbances from the Earth's atmosphere. Therefore, a large space telescope is planned for the future. We discuss the assembly of a large telescope reflector performed by a robot arm. For the assembly work, positioning of the arm using visual servo control to colored markers is proposed. A ground test-bed is used to test the characteristics of the new image processing method for colored markers. The results of the tests are also given.
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