DLR RMC - Part 1. Path from space to Earth

Link to the original source - there is more order with the design, especially for videos.

Content

• Introduction
• Nothing out of the ordinary: one of the best robotics centers in the world
• Oberpfaffenhofen
• This is space!
• LWR is one of the first collaborative robots
• At whose expense is this banquet?
• Conclusion

Introduction

Here we tell you about the Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC) of the German National Center for Aviation and Space . In the original language, it all sounds like this: Robotik und Mechatronik Zentrum (the abbreviation is used in English, RMC) and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (the abbreviation is used in German, DLR).

This material was born because the idea arose to share what I saw and heard personally. Just like that, without having my own face-to-face experience, it would be more difficult to collect all this information in a heap. So, I think this should be interesting not only for me.

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1. ↑DLR — Robotics and Mechatronics Center
2. ↑LBR iiwa – Programmable Compliance for Robot Motion — Youtube- KUKA
3. ↑Impedance control — Wikipedia
4. ↑History of the DLR LWR
5. ↑LWR III
6. ↑Safe Human-Robot Interaktion — Youtube- saferobots
7. ↑Rollin' Justin Robot Catches Balls Tossed in its Direction — Youtube- Hizook
8. ↑Agile Justin: An Upgraded Member of DLR's Family of Lightweight and Torque Controlled Humanoids — Youtube- DLR RMC
9. ↑Rollin' Justin Robot — Youtube- Hizook
10. ↑ «Das Lied der SA (Denn wir sind die braunen Soldaten)», 1933 .
11. ↑ «Du hast» - Rammstein, 1997 .
12. ↑… .
13. ↑Robot Technology Experiment on Spacelab D2-Mission
14. ↑STS-55: The D2 Project
15. ↑The KUKA-DLR Lightweight Robot arm – a new reference platform for robotics research and manufacturing
16. ↑The ESS (Experimental Servicing Satellite) – Study and Lab Demonstrator
17. ↑ROKVISS – Robotics Component Verification on ISS
18. ↑ROKVISS Results
19. ↑
20. ↑ROKVISS. Verification of Advanced Light Weight Robotic Joints and Tele-Presence Concepts for Future Space Missions
21. ↑Projekt Kontur-2
22. ↑ METERON
23. ↑ An Industrial Robot for Everyone - Quickly Solve Repetitive Tasks | LBR iisy - KUKA Youtube channel
24. ↑ See [15] .