Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate

Mechatronics & Robotics  

In this photo two On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) engineers are configuring the Flight Robot Electronics Unit (REU) for thermal vacuum testing at Goddard Space Flight Center's Integration and Test Complex Facility in Greenbelt, Maryland . The REU provides motor control for the Servicing Payload Robot Arms and end effectors.
In this photo, two engineers from the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) mission are configuring the Flight Robot Electronics Unit (REU) for thermal vacuum testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Integration and Test Complex Facility in Greenbelt, Maryland. The REU provides motor control for the Servicing Payload Robot Arms and end effectors.

Expert Solutions for Advanced Scientific Instruments and Spacecraft Components

Mechatronics and Robotics engineers provide multi-disciplinary support in areas of electromechanical systems engineering, including precision mechanisms, optomechanical systems, control electronics, and robotics.  Mechatronics and Robotics teams have the capabilities and technology development expertise to conceptualize, define requirements, design, analyze, fabricate, integrate, and test world-class scientific instruments and spacecraft components in support of a variety of ground-based, suborbital, orbital, and interplanetary space and Earth science missions.  ETD Mechatronics and Robotics experts collaborate closely with scientists, researchers, and other engineering disciplines to ensure the seamless integration and performance optimization of these cutting-edge components, pushing the boundaries of exploration and innovation in space technology.

Mechatronics & Robotics is managed by ETD’s Mechanical Systems Division (MSD). Contact MSD for more information.