System of systems for space construction

Author

Huntsberger, Terry ; Stroupe, Ashley ; Kennedy, Brett

Author_Institution

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

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

10-12 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

3173

Abstract

The U.S. National Vision for Space Exploration calls for a sustained and affordable human and robotic program to explore the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon by 2020. Key to this vision is the development of robotic systems for site preparation, habitat construction, deploying infrastructure, and repair in space and on Lunar and planetary surfaces. This paper discusses a system of systems approach to the development of these capabilities, and includes some preliminary experimental studies of multi-robot surface construction operations with the JPL robotic construction crew (RCC).

Keywords

aerospace robotics; man-machine systems; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; JPL robotic construction crew; human-and-robotic program; information fusion; multirobot surface construction; resource management; robotic system; solar system; space construction; system of systems; Control systems; Ground support; Humans; Moon; Orbital robotics; Robot kinematics; Robot vision systems; Robotic assembly; Space exploration; Space technology; System of systems; degree of autonomy; information fusion; multi-robot; resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9298-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2005.1571634

Filename

1571634