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| | Preparing a New Generation of Space Robots |
 | | The seven-axis version of the DLR light-weight robot with integrated electronics and an early version of a three finger hand. |
 | | To perform more complex manipulations, future space robots will need articulated multi-fingered hands; DLR's design employs a concept of artificial muscle, which combines planetary roller screw gearing (used in the Rotex gripper) with tiny motors to produce small, powerful, highly controllable actuators, which seem to be superior to hydraulic and pneumatic devices. |
 | | The Japanese ETS VII project, a free-flying robotics project in which DLR is participating, provides another example, in which a remotely controlled robot can be piloted without colliding with its environment and a global model of its environment is automatically updated. |
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