Deploying the Robot Application Programming Interface Delegate via second-generation IP-over-DTN

Author

Tsao, P. ; Torres, Juana ; Schoolcraft, J. ; Mittman, D.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-9 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The Robot Application Programmer Interface Delegate (RAPID) is a pipeline designed for telerobotic operations in the Human Exploration Technology (HET) Program. As human spaceflight missions become more ambitious and far reaching (for example, long duration operations on board ISS or around near-Earth asteroids), traditional telerobotic technology becomes expensive, unwieldy and difficult to scale. We present a RAPID deployment architecture that leverages the advantages of COTS internetworking infrastructure while enjoying many of the benefits of space-optimized Delay/Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN) technology. DTNTAP is a multi-platform second-generation IP over DTN implementation with performance and usability improvements over its predecessor. Selected results from functional and performance tests are presented and new capabilities are described.

Keywords

IP networks; aerospace robotics; application program interfaces; control engineering computing; delay tolerant networks; space communication links; telerobotics; COTS internetworking infrastructure; RAPID; delay tolerant network; disruption tolerant network; human exploration technology program; human spaceflight mission; robot application programming interface delegate; second generation IP-over-DTN; telerobotic operation; Lead; Logic gates; Switches; Telerobotics; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1812-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2013.6497200

Filename

6497200