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Monthly Report for Space Robotic & Terrestrial FMS PreCommercialization Development February 28, 2026

Summary

Writing a proposal to integrate AI and special purpose FE to improve performance.

Specification

No change.

Design

Deciding FE to AI interface and subject

Analysis

no change

Software Simulation

no change

Breadboard Manufacturing

no change

Breadboard Testing

no new testing

Calibration Test Rig

no change

Plans for March

Complete and submit proposal.

What's so tough?

Temperature Lack of atmosphere drives temperatures to be either hot in sun or cold in shade. Robots are for moving things around, so they go into and out of shade repeatedly.

Force not directly measureable. It can be inferred from strain or deflection. Such measures are affected by thermal distorsion.

Large dynamic range linear vs rotation forces. Long robot arms and the need to capture 'free flyers' generates large rotational forces.

High Stiffness A high stiffness requirement, makes measurement of strain or deflection more difficult to isolate from thermal distorsion.

Drift Space operations tend to be slow - often taken over a period of hours.

6 dof It is important to distinguish all 6 degrees of force measurement, but the shear and moment loading cases can produce difficult to distinguish effects