Aerospace robotics selected papers from I Conference on Robotics in Aeronautics and Astronautics ; [held in the Research Space Centre PAN in Warsaw, June 3-5, 2011

This book presents the most important and crucial problems of space automation in context of future exploration programs. These programs could involve such issues as space situational awareness program, planetary protection, exploitation of minerals, assembly, manufacturing, and search for new habitable location for next human generations. The future exploration of Space and related activities will involve robots. In particular, new autonomous robots need to be developed with high degree of intelligence. Such robots would make space exploration possible but also they would make space automation an important factor in variety of activities related to Space. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Space Robotics and its Challenges....Pages 1-8 Comparing Locally Energy-Optimal Newton Algorithms to Steer Driftless Systems....Pages 9-19 Simulation and Visualization of Attitude Control System Operations for BRITE-PL Satellite....Pages 21-33 Laser Photography in Selective Space Imaging and Navigation....Pages 35-49 The Project of a Simple Drive for CCD Observation Cameras....Pages 51-59 Trajectory Planning and Simulations of the Manipulator Mounted on a Free-Floating Satellite....Pages 61-73 Multibody Modelling of a Tracked Robot’s Actuation System....Pages 75-93 New Low-Cost Video Camera Pointing Mechanism for Stratospheric Balloons: Design and Operational Tests....Pages 95-107 The Dynamics Influence of the Attached Manipulator on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle....Pages 109-119 The Kinematics Aspect of Robots Formation in Cooperation Tasks....Pages 121-128 Ultra-Light Planetary Manipulator: Study and Development....Pages 129-141 Modeling and Simulation of Flapping Wings Entomopter in Martian Atmosphere....Pages 143-162 The Experimental Results of the Functional Tests of the Mole Penetrator KRET in Different Regolith Analogues....Pages 163-171