Latching End Effector

E259982

grappling mechanism robotic end effector space station component

The Latching End Effector is a robotic grappling and attachment mechanism used on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 to capture, manipulate, and secure payloads and spacecraft.

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Label	Occurrences
Latching End Effector canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	grappling mechanism ⓘ robotic end effector ⓘ space station component ⓘ
attachedTo	end of Canadarm2 ⓘ
compatibleWith	Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture ⓘ Power Data Grapple Fixture ⓘ
controlledBy	Canadarm2 control software ⓘ
controlledFrom	ISS robotics workstations ⓘ ground control centers ⓘ
developedBy	Canadian Space Agency ⓘ MDA ⓘ
developedFor	International Space Station operations ⓘ
enables	Canadarm2 to capture uncrewed cargo vehicles ⓘ Canadarm2 to relocate along ISS truss ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	LEE ⓘ
hasFunction	enable arm to walk off between base points ⓘ mechanically latch onto compatible fixtures ⓘ rigidize connection between arm and payload ⓘ
hasPart	data connectors ⓘ electrical connectors ⓘ grapple fixture interface ⓘ latching mechanism ⓘ snare cables ⓘ video connectors ⓘ
locationOfUse	exterior of the International Space Station ⓘ
operatedBy	ISS crew ⓘ ground-based robotics operators ⓘ
operatesIn	microgravity environment ⓘ
partOf	Canadarm2 ⓘ International Space Station ⓘ Mobile Servicing System ⓘ
provides	data transfer ⓘ electrical power transfer ⓘ structural attachment between arm and payload ⓘ video signal transfer ⓘ
requires	compatible grapple fixture on target ⓘ
usedDuring	arm base change operations ⓘ payload installation on ISS exterior ⓘ visiting vehicle capture operations ⓘ
usedFor	berthing visiting vehicles to the ISS ⓘ capturing payloads ⓘ grappling spacecraft ⓘ manipulating payloads ⓘ providing data connections ⓘ providing power connections ⓘ providing video connections ⓘ securing payloads ⓘ
usedOn	Canadarm2 ⓘ Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Latching End Effector
Description of subject: The Latching End Effector is a robotic grappling and attachment mechanism used on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 to capture, manipulate, and secure payloads and spacecraft.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadarm2 → hasEndEffector → Latching End Effector ⓘ

SSRMS → hasComponent → Latching End Effector ⓘ