Research/ ORBITAL ROBOTICS
Development and Testing of the Smart SPHERES Telerobotic Free-Flyer
Terrence Fong
Preprint 2014/
Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS
Technique
HRI & TeleoperationOpenAlex topic: Teleoperation and Haptic Systems · Microgravity Mobility & Free-FlyersOpenAlex keyword: free-flying robots
Missions
SPHERESnamed in title, abstract
Smart SPHERES is a free-flying robot that can be remotely operated by astronauts in space, or by mission controllers on the ground. We are developing Smart SPHERES to perform a variety of intravehicular activities (IVA) inside the International Space Station (ISS). These IVA tasks include interior environmental surveys, inventory, and mobile camera work. During 2013, we tested crew-controlled remote operations and wireless network-based localization with Smart SPHERES on ISS. In 2014, we plan to test 3D vision-based navigation.