2012 Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i

Graham, Lee; Graff, T. G.; Yingst, R. A.; Kate, I. L. ten; Russell, P. S.

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.01.024

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“…Major criteria in selecting science instruments for the field rover included: 1) applicability to a general scientific investigation of the valley, 2) mobility, 3) availability, 4) remote control capability, and 5) weatherproofing capability [24]. The instrument package was not chosen specifically to meet the science goals of the field campaign, as these were defined after instrument selection.…”

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Designing remote operations strategies to optimize science mission goals: Lessons learned from the Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities Mauna Kea 2012 field test

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a b s t r a c tThe Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities Mauna Kea 2012 (MMAMA 2012) field campaign aimed to assess how effectively an integrated science and engineering rover team operating on a 24-h planning cycle facilitates high-fidelity science products. The science driver of this field campaign was to determine the origin of a glacially-derived deposit: was the deposit the result of (1) glacial outwash from meltwater; or (2) the result of an ice dam breach at the head of the valley?Lessons learned from MMAMA 2012 science operations include: (1) current rover science operations scenarios tested in this environment provide adequate data to yield accurate derivative products such as geologic maps; (2) instrumentation should be selected based on both engineering and science goals; and chosen during, rather than after, mission definition; and (3) paralleling the tactical and strategic science processes provides significant efficiencies that impact science return. The MER-model concept of operations utilized, in which rover operators were sufficiently facile with science intent to alter traverse and sampling plans during plan execution, increased science efficiency, gave the Science Backroom time to develop mature hypotheses and science rationales, and partially alleviated the problem of data flow being greater than the processing speed of the scientists. & 2015 IAA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of IAA. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Designing remote operations strategies to optimize science mission goals: Lessons learned from the Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities Mauna Kea 2012 field test

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“…As real orbit-to-ground experiments are rarely available, researchers evaluate approaches for robotic teleoperation in analogue experiments. These experiments often aim to mimic the extraterrestrial environment of the robot (e. g. [9], [10]) or challenging communication links (e. g. [11], [12]). The remainder of this section gives an overview of past orbit-toground teleoperation experiments.…”

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Knowledge Driven Orbit-to-Ground Teleoperation of a Robot Coworker

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IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett.

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The crewed exploration of Moon and Mars requires the construction and maintenance of infrastructure on the alien surfaces before a crew arrives. Robotic coworkers are envisioned to take over the physical labor required to set-up crew habitats, energy supplies, and return vehicles in the hazardous environment. Deploying these robots in such a remote location poses a challenge that requires autonomous robot capabilities in combination with effective Human Robot Interfaces (HRIs), which comply with the harsh conditions of deep space operations. An astronaut-robot teleoperation concept targeting these topics has been evaluated in DLR and ESA's METERON SUPVIS Justin experiment where astronauts on-board the International Space Station (ISS) commanded DLR's humanoid robot Rollin' Justin in a simulated Martian environment on Earth. This work extends on our previously presented approach to supervised autonomy. It examines the results of the two follow-up experiment sessions which investigated maintenance and assembly tasks in real-world scenarios. We discuss the use of our system in real space-toground deployment and analyze key performance metrics of the HRI and the feedback given by the astronauts.

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“…Terrestrial rover analog tests provide one mechanism to address the effectiveness of science operations for remote research ( e.g ., Greeley et al , 1994 ; Whittaker et al , 1997 ; Arvidson et al , 2000 ; Stoker et al , 2001 , 2002 ; Lee, 2007 ; Lee et al , 2017 ; Fong et al , 2010 ; Eppler et al , 2013 ; Graham et al , 2015 ; Lim et al , 2018 ; Osinski et al , 2019 ). These tests, however, often rely heavily on the successful operation of complex technical equipment.…”

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“…These tests, however, often rely heavily on the successful operation of complex technical equipment. In such cases, equipment error or malfunction often negatively impacts scientific decision-making processes and thus impedes the study's ability to isolate science operations as a variable distinct from equipment function (Eppler et al , 2013 ; Cohen et al , 2015 ; Graham et al , 2015 ; Yingst et al , 2015 ).…”

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Testing Rover Science Protocols to Identify Possible Biosignatures on Mars: Achieving Sampling Goals Under a Highly Constrained Time Line

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At a Mars analog site in Utah, we tested two science operation methods for data acquisition and decision-making protocols: a scenario where the tactical day is preplanned, but major adjustments may still be made before plan delivery; and a scenario in which the sol path must largely be planned before a given tactical planning day and very few adjustments to the plan may be made. The goal was to provide field-tested insight into operations planning for rover missions where science operations must facilitate the efficient choice of sampling locations at a site relevant to searching for habitability and biosignatures. Results of the test indicate that preplanning sol paths did not result in a sol cost savings nor did it improve science return or optimal biologically relevant sample collection. In addition because facies variations in an environment can be subtle and evident only at scales below orbital resolution, acquiring systematic observations is crucial. We also noted that while spectral data provided insight into the chemical components as a whole at this site, they did not provide a guide to targets for which the traverse should be altered. Finally, strategic science planning must include a special effort to account for terrain.

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2012 Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Designing remote operations strategies to optimize science mission goals: Lessons learned from the Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities Mauna Kea 2012 field test

Designing remote operations strategies to optimize science mission goals: Lessons learned from the Moon Mars Analog Mission Activities Mauna Kea 2012 field test

Knowledge Driven Orbit-to-Ground Teleoperation of a Robot Coworker

Testing Rover Science Protocols to Identify Possible Biosignatures on Mars: Achieving Sampling Goals Under a Highly Constrained Time Line

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