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Fission Surface Power (FSP) requires deployment distances of 1-5km of large, high-power cables. This proposal seeks to perform manipulation testing of cable prototypes to characterize the control and dexterity requirements for handling high-power cables on the lunar surface; information essential to enabling FSP cable deployment.
This project seeks to further understand force and kinematic requirements for the autonomous deployment of high power cable on the lunar surface. Fission Surface Platform (FSP) requiring high power cables 1-5 km in lengthis expected to benefit from this project.
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