A Mechatronics Quick Replacement Interface for Space Manipulator

Abstract

The invention provides a mechatronic quick replacement connector for a space manipulator and belongs to the technical field of space manipulators. Through the compact design, the mechatronic quick replacement connector integrates the tool replacement, energy transmission and rotating transmission functions, makes up the defect of ability incompleteness of a traditional connector quick replacementtool, has wide application space and high adaptability, can be applied to the tail end of the space manipulator and provides the rich tool replacement ability for the space manipulator. Connectors ofthe active end and the passive end can be changed according to the connected manipulator and tail end tool, and the mechatronic quick replacement connector has wide adaptability. The mechatronic quickreplacement connector is compact in overall structure, suitable for various types of working environments and relatively long in service life and capable of still operating well under complex workingconditions, has the characteristic of wide application range and has the good market application prospects.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a mechatronics quick replacement interface for a space manipulator, which belongs to the technical field of the space manipulator. Background technique [0002] In recent years, the quick-change interface has been widely used in the robot field, and is used to complete the replacement of the front-end manipulator or mechanical tool during the working process of the robot. Among them, most of the quick-change interfaces adopt the pneumatic mode, and the release of the front-end tool and the locking of the new tool are completed through the work of the air pump. At the same time, some interface tools can provide electrical transmission capabilities to complete the energy transmission from the end of the manipulator to the end of the tool. [0003] At present, most of the existing quick-change interfaces mainly complete two tasks: [0004] 1. Tool replacement, this operation includes the release and locking of the tool; [0005...

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Problems solved by technology

[0007] First, most of them use pneumatic interface replacement, and some of them use electric drive to replace the interface quickly, which cannot meet the requirements for the use of space manipulators;

[0008] Second, the traditional replacement interface can only complete the two functions of tool replacement, solid connection and power transmission, and cannot complete the rotation transmission at the same time. The design cannot meet the diverse needs of the space manipulator for on-orbit work.

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