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GlenTheMachinetoday at 5:39 PM5 repliesview on HN

I'm the lead roboticist. Within bounds, I can answer questions.


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notahackertoday at 8:22 PM

Is there a paper somewhere describing the intended robotic operations and robotic toolkit it's equipped with (beyond the MEPs, though they're pretty interesting too)?

(context: some of my colleagues and consortium partners are working on European projects involving end effector toolkits for orbital [dis]assembly and slot-based electric propulsion ORUs respectively. Would love to chat but suspect you're pretty busy!)

Congratulations on the launch.

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iagooartoday at 8:07 PM

What is your story, how did you get into robotics? Was it your first choice?

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walrus01today at 5:41 PM

It sounds like each "MEP" (mission extension pod) once attached is its own fully autonomous satellite? How big is each MEP? Like, a mini fridge?

Since the mission is designed to attach one and then leave to go to another satellite that needs servicing?

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sidewndr46today at 5:43 PM

sure seems like this could just as easily be used to perform on-orbit disassembly of a hostile nation's satellite?

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adolphtoday at 7:08 PM

What sort of interesting actuators are used that people might not commonly think of? (I'm thinking of interesting solutions like the JWST's mirror actuators [0].)

0. https://hackaday.com/2022/02/08/working-model-reveals-amazin...

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