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Advancing Space Robotics with the EtherCAT Communication Standard

Martin Rostan, Gerhard Grunwald, Chris Thayer

AIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2022/Oct 15, 2022/ 1 citations

Space × Robotics

Technique

HRI & TeleoperationOpenAlex topic: Teleoperation and Haptic Systems

Indexed as

OpenAlexSpace Technology and Applications · Network Time Synchronization Technologies · Teleoperation and Haptic Systems

DOI Semantic Scholar OpenAlex

View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4293.vid Space-specific communication technologies meet the demanding technical requirements of next gen space robotics only partially while showing disadvantages in terms of the strategic requirements for cost, openness and vendor diversity. EtherCAT is considered to be the most widely used Ethernet-based standard for motion communication, and it is also widely used in robotics. The paper describes how the EtherCAT technology meets the specific requirements of space robotics. In addition, it shows how the space industry benefits from agreeing on this technology for robotics.

Advancing Space Robotics with the EtherCAT Communication Standard

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