Research/ HUMAN-ROBOT TEAMING
Humanoids for lunar and planetary surface operations
Adrian Stoica, Didier Keymeulen, Ambrus Csaszar, Quan Gan, Timothy Hidalgo, Jeff Moore, Jason Newton, Steven Sandoval, Jiajing Xu
Classic. JPL's roadmap for humanoids as partners in building and maintaining lunar and planetary bases, aligned with the Constellation programme. Classics are kept regardless of year and don't appear in new-paper views or feeds. All classics
HRI & TeleoperationOpenAlex keyword: human-robot collaboration
OpenAlexSpace Exploration and Technology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Space exploration and regulationNTRSLunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
This paper presents a vision of humanoid robots as human's key partners in future space exploration, in particular for construction, maintenance/repair and operation of lunar/planetary habitats, bases and settlements. It integrates this vision with the recent plans, for human and robotic exploration, aligning a set of milestones for operational capability of humanoids with the schedule for the next decades and development spirals in the Project Constellation. These milestones relate to a set of incremental challenges, for the solving of which new humanoid technologies are needed. A system of systems integrative approach that would lead to readiness of cooperating humanoid crews is sketched. Robot fostering, training/education techniques, and improved cognitive/sensory/motor development techniques are considered essential elements for achieving intelligent humanoids. A pilot project in this direction is outlined.