Design Considerations for Remotely Operated Welding in Space: Task Definition and Visual Weld Monitoring Experiment

Thesis (Nav. E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1993, and Thesis (E.A.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1993.

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