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BiBlade End-to-End Sample Chain Demonstration, 2015

09/02/2015
BiBlade End-to-End Sample Chain Demonstration, 2015

Demonstration of the end-to-end BiBlade sampling chain including sample acquisition and sample stowage. The sampler is mounted to a 3 DoF planar robotic arm representative of the notional flight system. The BiBlade releases sample vault lids located on the face of the tool (inside the blades) via a Frangibolt bolt cutter. These lids passively affix to the vaults, thus encapsulating the sample in the mock-up Sample Return Capsule. (2:34)