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Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation is a small spacecraft technology and robotics company located in Manhattan, New York.〔Erik Baard, "(Alligators Below City? Try Robo-Inchworms )", ''New York Times'', BUSINESS: DIARY; Nov 10, 2002〕 It was established in 1983 by Stephen Gorevan〔Kenneth Chang, "Martian Robots, Taking Orders From a Manhattan Walk-Up," ''New York Times,'' November 7, 2004〕 and Chris Chapman.〔Greg Clark, "(Mars Sample Mission -- Here's the Drill )," Space.com, posted 11 August 1999〕 Honeybee has particular expertise in developing and operating small mechanical tools used on Mars missions. Some of the robotic devices it has developed and successfully demonstrated on Mars include: *The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) instruments used on both Mars Exploration Rovers.〔http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/825/touch-and-go-days〕 *The Icy Soil Acquisition Device (ISAD), sometimes called the "Phoenix Scoop,"〔(ISAD page )〕 a soil scoop and a precision ice-sampling tool successfully demonstrated on the 2008 Mars Phoenix Lander mission, *The Sample Manipulation System and Dust Removal Tool used on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which landed in August 2012.〔http://msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/SAM/〕 In addition, they are developing tools to be used to live and work on the moon as part of NASA's Constellation program.〔http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-09-03-lunar-homes_N.htm〕 Honeybee is currently developing systems for future missions to Mars,〔K. Zacny, G. Paulsen, K. Davis, E. Mumm, and S. Gorevan, (Honeybee Robotics Planetary Sample Acquisition, Transfer and Processing Technologies ), presented at Mars Sample Return 2008, Lunar and Planetary Science Institute.〕 Venus, the moon, two Jovian moons,〔 and asteroid〔Derek Sears, , Carl Allen, Dan Britt, Don Brownlee, Melissa Franzen, Leon Gefert, Stephen Gorovan, Carle Pieters, Jeffrey Preble, Dan Scheeres and Ed Scott, "The Hera mission: multiple near-earth asteroid sample return," ''Advances in Space Research, Volume 34,'' Issue 11, 2004, pp. 2270-2275 〕 and comet sample return,〔S. Gorevan, I. Yachbes, P. Bartlett, K.Zacny, G. L. Paulsen, T. Kennedy, B. Basso, and J. Wilson, "(Comet and Asteroid Sample Acquisition, Containerization, and Transfer for Sample Return )", presented at ''Spacecraft Reconnaissance of Asteroid and Comet Interiors'' (2006).〕 among others. They have worked with Bigelow Aerospace to develop a preliminary design for a solar array deployment mechanism that would be used on the solar arrays of their Genesis inflatable space habitat. Terrestrial projects include developing mechanisms, installations, and systems for a broad array of clients including Con Edison, the U.S. Navy, Coca-Cola, Nike, and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.〔(Honeybee Robotics Mission Page )〕 ==External links== *(Home page for Honeybee Robotics ) *http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/robomars/pdf/6095.pdf *http://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/video/honeybee.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honeybee Robotics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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