Research/ PLANETARY ROBOTICS

Robotic Follow-up for Human Exploration

Terrence Fong, Maria G. Bualat, Matthew C. Deans, Bryon Adams, Mark Allan, Martha Altobelli, Xavier Bouyssounouse, Tamar E. Cohen, Lorenzo Flückiger, Joshua M. Garber, Elizabeth Palmer, Essam Heggy, Mark A. Helper, K. V. Hodges, J. M. Hurtado, Frank Jurgens, Tim Kennedy, Pascal Lee, L. Kobayashi

AIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2010/Aug 30, 2010/NASA Ames Research Center/ 14 citations

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS

Technique

HRI & TeleoperationOpenAlex keyword: human-robot teams · Multi-Robot & SwarmsOpenAlex keyword: human-robot teams

Indexed as

OpenAlexPlanetary Science and Exploration · Space Exploration and Technology · Social Robot Interaction and HRINTRSCybernetics, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

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We are studying how "robotic follow-up" can improve future planetary exploration.Robotic follow-up, which we define as augmenting human field work with subsequent robot activity, is a field exploration technique designed to increase human productivity and science return.To better understand the benefits, requirements, limitations and risks associated with this technique, we are conducting analog field tests with human and robot teams at the Haughton Crater impact structure on Devon Island, Canada.In this paper, we discuss the motivation for robotic follow-up, describe the scientific context and system design for our work, and present results and lessons learned from field testing.