This presentation discusses space robotics, including its definition, uses, challenges, and examples. It covers:
- The definition of space robotics as machines capable of surviving in space to perform tasks like exploration, construction and maintenance.
- How robots help with dangerous space research by working in hostile environments and exploring planetary surfaces more cheaply.
- The key issues in space robotics of mobility, manipulation, communication time delays, and operating in extreme environments.
- Examples of recent and future space robot missions, as well as fictional depictions of space robots.