Space

With a dedicated robotic laboratory, which includes two industrial robotic arms and various Software and Hardware facilities, Galileo Avionica delivers state-of-the-art motion control software and sampling and manipulation systems. Galileo Avionica has participated in the most important ESA and ASI programs in the field of A&R: SPIDER, EUROPA, ERA (European Robotic Arm for the International Space Station), and is involved in all the on-going European programs for planetary exploration and space robotics such as Rosetta, ExoMars, Mars Sample Return, Dexarm and Eurobot.

• A&R systems for payload servicing:
  - Manipulators
  - Sensorised End Effectors
  - Control and Drive Electronics
  - High Power Density Actuators
• Sampling and robotic systems for planetary exploration:
  - Drill and Sample Distribution Systems
  - Mechanism for Planetary Exploration
• A&R software for hi-rel and distributed systems:
  robotics arms, drill and sampling systems, autonomous systems.
• Testbed for in orbit robotic activities simulation at 1g conditions
  

EUROPA  Conceived for the International Space Station (ISS), EUROPA (External Use of RObotics for Payload Automation) is the ASI robotic technological  demonstrator for the ISS. EUROPA is composed of: > Robotic Arm (derived from SPIDER arm) > Controller > Data Handling & Power Units > Task board for robotic experiments The contract activities are authorized up to the delivery and integration of the Ground Reference Model at the ASI Matera site. more information.pdf (387 KB)

SD2 - Drill, Sampler and Distribution System for the Rosetta Lander  SD2 drills and collects samples from the comet nucleus at a depth greater than 20 cm and distributes them trought its carousel and sample containers to the scientific instrumentation (chromatograph and microscopes). This robotic system has been developed to endure extreme environmental conditions and to meet challenging requirements in terms of low mass and low power consumption. more information.pdf (217 KB)