Introduction

The space achievement was released in April 2001, bigger and better and smarter of the space shuttles robotic arm.

Canada is contributing an essential technology to the International Space Station, the “Mobile Servicing System”. This robotic system plays a key role in space station assembly and maintenance. Moving equipment and supplies around the station, supporting astronauts working in space, and servicing instruments and other payloads attached to the space station.

The Canadarm 2 is identical to the concepts of the “Canadarm”

This robotical arm has 3 special parts.

Main Arm

The Main arms components are a bigger, better and smarter version of the original “Canadarm”. It is 17.6 metres long when fully extended and has seven movable joints. This arm is good enough of handling large payloads and assisting with docking the space shuttle. The SSRMS, is self-relocatable with a latching end effector, so it can be attached to complementary ports spread throughout the station’s exterior surfaces. You can say the two Canadarm’s make a good combination.

Mobile Base System

A work platform that moves rails along covering the length of the space station, the Mobile Base System, or MBS, provides a working mobility for the Canadarm2 as it travels the main objects.

Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator

I will show you the “Dextre” on the next blog post. You will learn a part of the Dextre for the information I share in this post.

The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre, is a small-canadian two armed robot capable of handling the important assembly tasks handled by astronauts during space walks.