ORU-BOAS
The ORU-BOAS research project aims at changing the space sector mentality by providing a concept which allows to assemble, repair or upload space infrastructures directly in orbit. The Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU) developed for this purpose will be tested up to TRL 5/6 in a DLR robotic test facility. The fulfilment of this objective will produce a prototype that will be demonstrated as add-on to the EU orbital demonstration mission for On-Orbit Servicing (see EROSS IOD project).
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Runtime: | 2023-01-01 until 2024-12-31 |
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Fields of Application: | • On-orbit servicing: refueling, repairing, maintenance
• On-orbit assembly |
Funding: | Horizon 2020, Funding No 101082078 |
Project details:
For the robotic functional tests foreseen into the ORU-BOAS research project [1], two ORUs will be utilized to demonstrate the rendez-vous and docking operations. As such, a robotic facility with advanced methods for replicating the orbital floating dynamics [2] will be employed. In particular, the robotic facility will consist of one Light-Weight-Robot (LWR) equipped with a Force-Torque-Sensor at its end-effector. The latter will be used to capture external forces such as the one which will arise during the docking process.
Publications:
[1] A. Ruiz, M. Diaz-Carrasco, J. Viñals, I. Prieto, A. Rozas, S. García, A. Lázaro, M. Ruiz Jose Gala, I. Soto, S. Behar-Lafenetre, G. Musso, F. Massobrio, S. Ferraris, M. De Stefano, H. Mishra, R. Lampariello, "ORU-BOAS: Developing Reusable Building Blocks For Satellite Modularisation", 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, 2-6 October 2023.
[2] M. De Stefano, H. Mishra, A. M. Giordano, R. Lampariello and C. Ott, "A Relative Dynamics Formulation for Hardware- in-the-Loop Simulation of On-Orbit Robotic Missions," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 3569-3576, April 2021. [elib]
