Wednesday, June 14, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
KU professors expect NASA check for further telerobot development
by Heather L. Anderson Kansan staff writer
Two KU professors anticipate receiving $150,000 from NASA this week that will enable them to begin developing a device designed for space usability.
Bill Barr, professor of mechanical engineering, and Terry Faddis, associate professor of mechanical engineering, received a grant in September that paired them with Kraft Company, which manufactures the telerobots.
The goal is to develop a dual-armed, master-slave teletobot that will be used on Space Station Freefall. The robot will be an experimental space lab, Barr said.
The money received this week will be the second payment on a total of $400,000 guaranteed by NASA toward the telerobot's development. Barr and Faddis will also receive a $120,000 grant from Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp., a state-owned business that provides seed capital. Kraft TeleRobotics, Inc. will supply $280,000 in equipment.
NASA chose Barr and Faddis to
There's a master and a slave. The operator provides input through the master controller, and the slave responds. The slave mimics his motions, projecting the operator's presence into whatever adverse environments there might be; space station, underseas, oil platform or nuclear environments'
Bill Barr
professor of mechanical engineering
he said.
work on the project with Kraft Tele-
Robotics, Inc. because of their expe-
pence with robots and their work
with the computer-integrated manu-
facturing lab in Nichols Hall, Barr
said.
Unlike a standard robot which is pre-programmed to work independently, a telebotet's moving parts, or arms, are controlled by an operator.
"There's a master and a slave." Barr said. "The operator provides input through the master controller, and the slave responds. The slave mimics his motions, projecting the operator's movements in these environments there might be; space station, underside, oil platform or nuclear environments."
Barr and Faddis will add sensors and a computer system to the teleroft that will allow an operator to feel the amount of pressure exerted by the teleroft's arms. Also, while in space, sensors can help make the teleroft completes a pre-programmed task. Barr said the project could take two or eight years.
In order to get funding for the project, Congress has required space technology to have some job-applicability on Earth. This includes robots working in factories or areas that might be hazardous to humans.
SIX KU mechanical engineering students are working on the project. The idea is to educate the students about the project and have them create effective ways to use the telerob, Barr said.
Photo courtesy of Kraft TeleRobotics
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