Describes the technological developments which are establishing the foundation for an exciting era of in situ exploration missions to planets, comets and asteroids with advanced robotic systems. Also outlines important concurrent terrestrial applications and spinoffs of the space robotics technology. These include high-precision robotic manipulators for microsurgical operations and dexterous arm control systems.

中文翻译：

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进入21世纪的太空机器人。

描述了技术发展，这些技术发展为通过先进的机器人系统对行星，彗星和小行星进行就地探索任务的激动人心的时代奠定了基础。还概述了重要的并发地面应用和太空机器人技术的附带利益。其中包括用于显微外科手术的高精度机械手和灵巧的手臂控制系统。