The NASA automation and robotics technology program

Holcomb, L. B.; Montemerlo, Melvin D.; Headquarters, NASA

doi:10.1016/0094-5765(87)90089-0

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“…NASA conducted many groundbreaking analog field test activities between 1985 and 1997. The field work focused primarily on automation, robotics, telerobotic operations, and the advancement of machine learning and artificial intelligence (Holcomb and Montemerlo, 1987). Some tests included some human interaction with the robots simulating aspects of human/robotic exploration (Weisbin and Montemerlo, 1992).…”

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Developing Future Deep-Space Telecommunication Architectures: A Historical Look at the Benefits of Analog Research on the Development of Solar System Internetworking for Future Human Spaceflight

Seibert¹,

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Miller

et al. 2019

Astrobiology

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Exploration analog field tests, missions, and deployments enable the integration and validation of new and experimental concepts and/or technologies through strategic experimental design. The results of these operations often create new capabilities for exploration and increase confidence in, and credibility of, emerging technologies, usually at very low cost and risk to the test subjects involved. While these experiments resemble missions 10-30 years into the future, insights obtained are often of immediate value. Knowledge gained in the field translates into strategic planning data to assist long-range exploration planners, and planners influence the experimental design of field deployments, creating a synergistic relationship. The Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) communication architecture is a high-fidelity analog program that emulates conditions impacting future explorers on the martian surface. This article provides (1) a brief historical review of past analog operations that deliberately used elements of a flight-like telecommunication infrastructure to add fidelity to the test, (2) samples of the accomplishments made through analog operations, and (3) potentially significant deep-space telecommunication insights gained from the BASALT program in support of future extravehicular activity exploration of Mars. This article is paired with and complements Miller et al. in this issue which focuses on the telecommunication infrastructure utilized by the BASALT team during the field deployment.

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Section: Evolution Of Field Test Support Infrastructure Into Archimentioning

confidence: 99%