Expert focus-pushing the envelope: space telerobotics at Carnegie Mellon University

Author

Locke, Christopher

Author_Institution

Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Three space-oriented projects at CMU´s Robotics Institute are described: the Ambler planetary rover, the self-mobile space manipulator and the Hubble space telescope scheduling system. The Ambler planetary rover project is a comprehensive research program to design and build an intelligent machine that will explore and sample extraterrestrial planetary surfaces. The self-mobile space manipulator robot is part of an effort to develop technologies that will enable mobile robots to be used on the space station and other space structures. The Hubble space telescope scheduling (HSTS) Project is developing a software architecture to formulate and solve complex planning and scheduling problems.<>

Keywords

aerospace computing; astronomical telescopes; astronomy computing; mobile robots; scheduling; space research; Ambler planetary rover; Ambler planetary rover project; Hubble space telescope scheduling system; complex planning; comprehensive research program; extraterrestrial planetary surfaces; intelligent machine; scheduling problems; self-mobile space manipulator; software architecture; space manipulator robot; space station; space structures; space telerobotics; space-oriented projects; Intelligent robots; Machine intelligence; Manipulators; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Software architecture; Space stations; Space technology; Telerobotics; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IEEE Expert

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-9000

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/64.54668

Filename

54668