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The installation of robots and their use for assembly in space will create an exciting and successful future for the US space program. This proposed research will develop the guidelines and rules for automated assembly in space. It will incorporate the various modifications in the design of the parts and the products in order to ease the assembly.
The problem for part-feeding will also be developed with regard to the absence of gravity in space. In addition, the guidelines for part orientation, adjustments, compliances and various assembly construction will be determined. Special attention will also be focused on the design modifications of the various fasteners and fastening methods.
The guidelines will significantly reduce the problems encountered in the automated assembly in space and will make it rather easy, simple, error-proof and less time consuming. In addition, the automated assembly in space will have a multitude of uses and advantages including initial assembly in space stations, on-orbit assembly of interplanetary spacecraft, payloads and larger antennas, repairing, refueling and testing of space-ships, assembly of large structures (unsuitable to humans in space), avoidance of human exposure to hazardous conditions, and preservation of U.S. leadership in the space program.
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Dwivedi, S.N., Srivastava, S., Jones, G. (1989). Guidelines and Rules for Automated Assembly by Robots in Space. In: Prasad, B., Dwivedi, S.N., Mahajan, R. (eds) CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39962-0_63
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