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FISO: SPHERES robots for research on the ISS

June 28, 2013 TopSpacer

The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, SPHERES Distributed Satellite Algorithm Research Aboard the ISS, Alvar Saenz-Otero, MIT – June 26, 2013.

The presentation gives the details behind the robotic SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites)  used on the ISS for research and student competitions.

See also the website SPHERES  and Zero Robotics websites at MIT.

 

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