Spacesuits and EVA Gloves Evolution and Future Trends of Extravehicular Activity Gloves

Mousavi, Mohamad Mehdi Seyed; Ambrosio, Elisa Paola; Appendino, Silvia; Chen, Fai Chen; Favetto, Alain; Manfredi, Diego; Pescarmona, Francesco; Somà, Aurelio

doi:10.2514/6.2011-5147

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“…The same concept was applied in Series 4000 gloves. A four-ring rolling convolute joint configuration was developed, providing a constant volume while manipulating low torque and stable motion [11,12].…”

Section: Glove Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With the advancement of the technologies, the design was improved, and better fabrication was possible. More accurate load testing and scanning data accurately with desired output was possible with the help of the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software [11]. This phase of 3D modelling and CAD software was known as Phase V.…”

Section: Glove Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This system is originated as a 3-volt system designed to operate off a remotely located battery pack. A recent battery redesign has resulted in the evolvement of the heater system to a 12-volt design [11]. For the past few years, Phase VI gloves have been used for the space missions.…”

Section: Eva Glove Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These gloves are made with more accuracy and have a lower cost [11]. To develop the gloves of a perfect fit for the astronauts, ILC developed a laser scanner that provides a 3D scan of the hands of the crewmembers.…”

Section: Eva Glove Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Study on the Design of Space Gloves and EVA Suits with Future Challenges

Rawal¹,

Madhubalan²,

Manikandan³

et al. 2022

TLR

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The interaction of humans with space has increased tremendously. With the growing role of Extravehicular Activities (EVAs), the astronaut gloves in space suits require technological research and innovations. The gloves may seem insignificant to design, but it is practically the most tedious as all the tasks during an EVA require significant hand usage. A space glove should have strength and capabilities like dexterity, manipulability, and tactility. Its primary objective is to allow astronauts to move their fingers as efficiently as possible and aid with locomotion, restraint, and object handling. The present glove is cumbersome due to high torque requirements at the knuckles or metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints. Also, astronauts suffer from a condition called fingernail delamination (or onycholysis) due to sustained pressure on the fingertips. The focus is on the main challenges of the given technology and scientific enhancements and how to use them to draw all their benefits. This paper provides a review study to determine the project's plausibility with gradual and substantial technological advancements.

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Section: Glove Historymentioning

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Section: Eva Glove Designmentioning

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Section: Eva Glove Designmentioning

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Study on the Design of Space Gloves and EVA Suits with Future Challenges

Rawal¹,

Madhubalan²,

Manikandan³

et al. 2022

TLR

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“…Similar systems, sharing the aim of addressing the tactile sensory systems, have been investigated in the robotic field [2]. Our proposed solution addresses a particular need, i.e., to equip extravehicular activity (EVA) gloves [3], [4] with tactile sensors to enable an exoskeleton system assist the astronaut in manipulation tasks. The stiffness of the gloves, mainly due to their pressurisation, severely impacts manual dexterity and strength, for example reducing the strength by nearly 50% [5], [6], or significantly increasing the performance time [7].…”

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Wireless Multi-channel Quasi-digital Tactile Sensing Glove-Based System

Ros

Crepaldi

Bonanno

et al. 2013

2013 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design

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The design of a wireless data-glove is introduced in this paper; the aim is to provide an effective and complete solution wherever a tactile sensing system has to be integrated to correctly interact with the surrounding environment (e.g., astronaut's extravehicular activity glove). The focus is on the design of the whole system, starting with the readout circuit, the digital signal encoding and ending with the data transmission.The system is made of eight quasi-digital readout circuits to convert the analog information into a pulse-density modulation. The pulse streams are then temporally ordered to form a single streams of events. By integrating a Impulse Radio UltraWide Band (IR-UWB) transmitter and choosing the proper protocol and modulation, we can aim to minimize the power consumption and provide error detection; the design has also taken into account the minimization of the complexity of the receiver.The whole system, fully asynchronous, has been designed as a single full-custom chip; besides having multiple independent inputs, it can be configured both to deploy a multi-chip system (with a single receiver) and to optimize wireless transmission parameters.

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