Robotics for human exploration

Robots can do a variety of work to increase the productivity of human explorers. Robots can perform tasks that are tedious, highly repetitive or long-duration. Robots can perform precursor tasks, such as reconnaissance, which help prepare for future human activity. Robots can work in support of astr...

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Published inIEEE ISR 2013 pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Fong, Terrence, Deans, Matthew, Bualat, Maria
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2013
Subjects
Cameras
Geology
Human-robot interaction
Instruments
mobile robotics
Moon
planetary exploration
Planning
Robot kinematics
space robotics
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Summary:Robots can do a variety of work to increase the productivity of human explorers. Robots can perform tasks that are tedious, highly repetitive or long-duration. Robots can perform precursor tasks, such as reconnaissance, which help prepare for future human activity. Robots can work in support of astronauts, assisting or performing tasks in parallel. Robots can also perform "follow-up" work, completing tasks designated or started by humans. In this paper, we summarize the development and testing of robots designed to improve future human exploration of space.
DOI:10.1109/ISR.2013.6739895