Title :
High-autonomy control of space resource processing plants
Author :
Schooley, L.C. ; Zeigler, B.P. ; Cellier, F.E. ; Wang, F.Y.
Author_Institution :
Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
fDate :
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A high-autonomy intelligent command and control architecture developed for unmanned plants that can conduct scientific experiments or process local planetary resources is described. Two applications are discussed: a biotechnology laboratory designed for Space Station Freedom and a working prototype of a plant for producing oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. A distributed command and control architecture designed to teleoperate such plants in a high-level task-oriented mode with supervisory control from one or several remote sites is also described. The architecture integrates advanced network communication concepts and modern man/machine interfaces with recent advances in autonomous intelligent control. A complete testbed has been developed to demonstrate several applications of the architecture.<>
Keywords :
aerospace control; control systems; distributed control; intelligent control; man-machine systems; telecontrol; Space Station Freedom; advanced network communication; aerospace control; biotechnology laboratory; distributed command and control architecture; high autonomy control; high-level task-oriented mode; intelligent control; man/machine interfaces; space resource processing plants; supervisory control; teleoperation; Biotechnology; Command and control systems; Computer architecture; Control systems; Force control; Intelligent control; Laboratories; Prototypes; Space stations; Supervisory control;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems, IEEE
