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For bigger spacecraft capable of executing bigger missions, some of the assembly may be done in space. Your challenge is to design a simple approach that enables components to be assembled in space.

Space Turtle

Summary

The Space Turtle is an FPV (First Person View) and AI based space drone designed as an assembler and construction device able to work in the null space for effective shipping of different sized construction materials to the worksite and assembling them in a precise manner. It has 4 arms made of snake robots for greater flexibility in assembling and handling the construction materials. Two of its arms have changeable end effectors for versatility during missions. And it has a cold gas thruster system with 6 outlets which allows it to move precisely and freely.

How We Addressed This Challenge

 

The Space Turtle is an FPV and AI based space drone designed as an assembler and construction device able to work in the null space for effective shipping of different sized construction materials to the work site and assembling them in precise manner. 


It has 4 arms made of snake robots for greater flexibility in assembling and handling the construction materials. Two of its arms have changeable end effectors for versatility during missions. And it has cold gas thruster system with 6 outlets which allows it to move precisely and freely.


This Robot uses an FPV(First Person View) and Gesture control technology integrated with AI in order to precisely align the components and join or weld them. The gesture Control technology allows the Space Turtle to have a human touch in robotic missions which allows for improvisation during missions. Each of the arms has camera, light, and sensor in order to have different perspective view and better reach of component.  


This Space Turtle has four arms two of them can grab an object and other two have changeable end effectors which provide versatility. So, the other two arms can use laser welding, drilling or tightening bolts at joints. 


The Space Turtle has 6 outlets for gas thrust. Each of the nozzle is made of flexible material and the angle of propulsion of each nozzle can be changed providing a better movement around working space.   


How We Developed This Project

We realized that deep space missions put the life of astronauts in risk but robots don’t quite work like humans do. So, in order to make an efficient robot we decided to make it a remote-controlled robot that uses FPV and gesture control technology integrated with AI in order to add human touch to missions.  


We first got the inspiration as we were familiar to earth based drones and how effective they were at getting around and transporting objects so we imagined a space drone. With the aforementioned technology it is designed to be more versatile, accurate and easy to use in space missions. 

How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project

Meanwhile, the in-space assembly concept is still underway, we conceptualized this space turtle by studying the future application of the space drone. During the conceptualization, we surfed through the provided and other resources (1, 2, 3, 4) in the challenge and got influenced to use a remote controlled space drone with tool equipped robotic arms for in-space assembly.

The tools equipped with the robotic arm (5) should be capable of performing multiple task , so we introduced multiple tools for better and efficient task. The snake robotic arm (6) can add a new dimension to tis idea enabling us a better, advanced, and flexible way of approaching the assembly process. The FPS and gesture control technology (7) can be a breakthrough assisting the in-space assembly mission and lowering the risk for the astronauts too.

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#Let's Connect, #Space Turtle, #Space Drone, #Assembler, #Design Challenge
Judging
This project was submitted for consideration during the Space Apps Judging process.