Biomedical sensing and wireless technologies for long duration EVAs and precursor scout missions

Author

Day, D. ; Xiongjie Dong ; Kuhn, William ; Gruenbacher, D. ; Natarajan, Balasubramaniam ; Sobering, Tim ; Taj-Eldin, Mohammed ; Warren, Steve ; Barstow, Thomas ; Broxterman, Ryan ; Stonestreet, Arlie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

1-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

This paper summarizes a coordinated set of research efforts to support human and robotic missions to lunar, asteroid, and outer solar system destinations. Research areas include 1) selection and development of biosensors for astronauts engaged in long-duration, strenuous extra-vehicular activities, 2) sensor placement and operation inside spacesuits with minimal impact and maximum configurability using wireless links, 3) sensors powered using energy harvesting techniques and low-power network designs, and 4) application and maturation of UHF radio hardware to support these activities and the missions they enable.

Keywords

biomedical communication; radio networks; space research; UHF radio hardware; asteroid destinations; astronauts; biomedical sensing; energy harvesting techniques; long duration EVA; lunar destinations; outer solar system destinations; precursor scout missions; robotic missions; sensor placement; wireless links; wireless technologies; Accelerometers; Antenna measurements; Biomedical measurement; Fatigue; Robot sensing systems; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5582-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2014.6836290

Filename

6836290