Publisher's Synopsis
This second volume of "Automation in Space" addresses the practical testing and evaluation of robot systems in space. It looks at the different types of systems that could be flight tested, their capabilities, the criteria used to evaluate a candidate system and timescales for deployment.;The author concludes that a simple robotic control system could be developed in the next few years, as part of an overall long term development project, thus creating an opportunity for flight proving of the technology.
