Offshore Mechatronics Systems Engineering

Figure 14. The Mobile Transporter (MT) is part of the outpost’s Mobile Servicing System
(MSS) which includes systems such as the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS),
called Canadarm 2, and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), called Dextre (SPF
SPACEFLIGHT INSIDER).

Figure 15. Trunk robotic arm with piezo actuator (Augustaitis and Kulvietis 2017).

2015) have been working on the development of using rheological fluids to solve
problem associated with actuating the smart trunk like robot with different joint
(Figure 15) (Grant for Research from Lithuanian Science Council 2015). Actuation
is a technical term used in robotics and control theory to describe mechanical

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