Space Robotics Editorial

Space Robotics

This report surveys the possible applications and technical feasibility of robots in space. The hture of the space program in the time frame of 1980-2000 is first assessed, including space exploration, globzl infomiation services, and space utilization. Critical technologies needed to wpport die projected space program are considered, including general purpose, remote intelligence and manipulat...

Space robotics

This paper reviews the topic of space robotics. As an introduction, some definitions and the rationale for space robotics are given. The main differences between space and terrestrial robots are highlighted, and it is shown that they are driven by the peculiar environmental, system, and programmatic constraints of space missions. Some common objections against the use of space robotics are ment...

Space Robotics

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Robotics Education

O VER the centuries, the engineering profession has evolved to meet the growing needs of society, resulting in demand for and creation of new engineering disciplines. Biomedical, environmental, aeronautical, and computer engineering are four examples of engineering branches that emerged to educate rising generations of engineers to find solutions to new challenges requiring a diverse set of kno...

Guest Editorial Sensorimotor Contingencies for Cognitive Robotics

The sensorimotor approach to cognition states, that the key to bring semantics to the world of a robot, requires making the robot learn the relation between the actions that the robot performs and the change it experiences in its sensed data because of those actions. Those relations are called sensorimotor contingencies. This special issue presents a variety of recent developments in sensorimot...