Space Station Robotics

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     This will be a hybrid meeting held at the Southwest Research Institute Slick Cafe with virtual participation on Zoom.      All in-person participants must register in order to enter SwRI.   A zoom link will be sent to virtual registrants if there are any, the day before the presentation.  Visitors should enter at the SwRI main entrance on Culebra Road.   Proceed up the hill on Tom Slick to the Slick Cafe building on the right.   Go through the cafeteria line and come to the private dining room for the meeting. 

This presentation will survey an interesting collection of robot arms that have two common features: they all operate outside any gravitational field, and they are attached to orbiting spacecraft.  Their extended length ranges from a few feet to about sixty feet, and some can manipulate objects as massive as several dozen tons.  The arms in this collection are the products of Earth's brightest engineers and scientists.

 

 


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  • Southwest Research Institute
  • 145 Tom Slick Avenue
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • United States 78238
  • Building: Slick Cafe
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  • Starts 26 July 2025 05:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 27 August 2025 05:00 PM UTC
  • No Admission Charge

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Tom O'Brien of Retired

Topic:

Space Station Robotics

Biography: 

Tom O'Brien joined IEEE as a student in 1961 when it was the Institute of Radio Engineers.  
He earned a BSEE from Texas A&M, and (much later) a Master of Science (Telecommunications) from Southern Methodist University.  
After graduation from Texas A&M, he joined LTV Aerospace to work on flight control systems.  
From there he moved into computer systems and applications, such as online business systems, airline reservations, 
spacecraft computer systems, and space robotics.  
He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas and a member of both "Sons of the American Revolution" and the "Jamestowne Society".  
Tom is an active IEEE member, amateur radio operator, and continuing education learner/teacher.

 

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Agenda

11:30 am - In person participants meet in SwRI Building   , Slick Cafe
11:40 am - Zoom session opens
11:50 am - RAS Chapter Business Meeting
12:00 noon pm - Presentation by Tom O'Brien
12:50 pm - Q & A and Discussion
1:00 pm - Adjourn