U.S. - Germany Cooperative Research: A New Laboratory Simulator for Space Robots

该合作研究奖支持Sunil Agrawal和特拉华大学的一名研究生与德国奥伯法芬霍芬的德国航空航天研究所(DLR)机器人和系统动力学研究所的Gerd Hirzinger和Richard Schwertassek合作。这项研究将导致开发一种实验室模拟器，用于在太空捕获和修复卫星，可用于培训宇航员。几家德国航空航天公司正在为德国方面的研究提供资金，这种合作使这家美国集团能够获得世界级的德国专业知识。实验室模拟器将用于验证有关空间机器人的理论研究，并用于规划未来的空间任务。

This cooperative research award supports Sunil Agrawal, and a graduate student from the University of Delaware to collaborate with Gerd Hirzinger and Richard Schwertassek of the Institute for Robotics and System Dynamics at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. The research will lead to the development of a laboratory simulator for the capture and repair of satellites in space which can be used to train astronauts. Several German aerospace firms are contributing to the research funding on the German side, and the collaboration gives the U.S. group access to world-class German expertise. The laboratory simulator will be used to validate theoretical studies on space robots and in planning future space missions.