TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

Nicholas F. Staszak; Jon Lawrence; David M. Brown; Rebecca Brown; Ross Zhelem; Michael Goodwin; Kyler Kuehn; Nuria P F Lorente; Vijay Nichani; Lew Waller; Scott Case; Robert Content; Andrew M. Hopkins; Urs Klauser; Naveen Pai; Rolf Mueller; Slavko Mali; Minh V. Vuong

doi:10.1117/12.2233583

TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

Nicholas F. Staszak, Jon Lawrence, David M. Brown, Rebecca Brown, Ross Zhelem, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P F Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Robert Content, Andrew M. Hopkins, Urs Klauser, Naveen Pai, Rolf Mueller, Slavko Mali, Minh V. Vuong

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Abstract

TAIPAN will conduct a stellar and galaxy survey of the Southern sky. The TAIPAN positioner is being developed as a prototype for the MANIFEST instrument on the GMT. The design for TAIPAN incorporates 150 optical fibres (with an upgrade path to 300) situated within independently controlled robotic positioners known as Starbugs. Starbugs allow precise parallel positioning of individual fibres, thus significantly reducing instrument configuration time and increasing the amount of observing time. Presented is an engineering overview of the UKST upgrade of the completely new Instrument Spider Assembly utilized to support the Starbug Fibre Positioning Robot and current status of the Starbug itself.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in optical and mechanical technologies for telescopes and instrumentation II
Editors	Ramón Navarro, James H. Burge
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-20
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510602045
ISBN (Print)	9781510602038
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233583
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 1 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9912
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Country	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	26/06/16 → 1/07/16

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Copyright 2016 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

Keywords

Fibre positioning systems
GMT
MANIFEST
Starbugs
TAIPAN
UKST

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Staszak, N. F., Lawrence, J., Brown, D. M., Brown, R., Zhelem, R., Goodwin, M., Kuehn, K., Lorente, N. P. F., Nichani, V., Waller, L., Case, S., Content, R., Hopkins, A. M., Klauser, U., Pai, N., Mueller, R., Mali, S., & Vuong, M. V. (2016). TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview. In R. Navarro, & J. H. Burge (Eds.), Advances in optical and mechanical technologies for telescopes and instrumentation II (pp. 1-20). [99121W] (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9912). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233583

Staszak, Nicholas F. ; Lawrence, Jon ; Brown, David M. ; Brown, Rebecca ; Zhelem, Ross ; Goodwin, Michael ; Kuehn, Kyler ; Lorente, Nuria P F ; Nichani, Vijay ; Waller, Lew ; Case, Scott ; Content, Robert ; Hopkins, Andrew M. ; Klauser, Urs ; Pai, Naveen ; Mueller, Rolf ; Mali, Slavko ; Vuong, Minh V. / TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots : engineering overview. Advances in optical and mechanical technologies for telescopes and instrumentation II. editor / Ramón Navarro ; James H. Burge. Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2016. pp. 1-20 (Proceedings of SPIE).

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