NASA has committed to the design and implementation of a Space Station Flight Telerobotic Servicer (FTS) to assist the astronauts in assembly, maintenance, servicing, and inspection tasks on the Space Station and the Space Shuttle. One of the requirements of the FTS is safety. Safety is not solely dependent on the visible hardware components such as manipulators and hydraulic systems. It is also dependent on the underlying software which controls every action of these hardware components. An acceptable level of safety can only be reached by analyzing and implementing safety issues through the conceptualization, design, construction, and operation phases of the FTS. This article discusses three issues that are critical to the FTS safety. These include software design philosophy, software operating models, and a safety subsystem.


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    Title :

    Software Safety Issues For The Space Station Flight Telerobotic Servicer


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space Station Automation IV ; 1988 ; Boston,MA,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1988-10-27





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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