Advanced Robotics Development Laboratory

Facilities

In 2005, the Space Systems Laboratory (SSL) completed the Advanced Robotics Development Laboratory, a complete spacecraft integration facility that includes rapid prototyping equipment, a class 10,000 cleanroom, high-precision metrology instrumentation, a thermal chamber, and a thermal vacuum chamber.

This unique facility is located in the University of Maryland's Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building. The SSL is also a partner in the Virtual Reality Laboratory, housed in the same building.

· 1-g robotic test area

· ARDL Electronics Development and Test Laboratory

· ARDL Inspection Facility

· Environmental test chambers

· Robot assembly and component test area

More information

Dr. Dave Akin
Director, Space Systems Laboratory
Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility
Email: dakin@ssl.umd.edu