Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking (ISAAC): Survey Demo
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This video shows a simulation of autonomous cargo logistics using ISAAC (Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking). The video shows autonomous planning and execution of a cargo scenario in which the R2 robot moves a cargo bag from a stowed location to a transfer location in the US Lab on the International Space Station. The Astrobee robot then moves the bag from the transfer location to a new temporary stowage location in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).
The Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking (ISAAC) project is developing technology for autonomous caretaking of spacecraft, primarily during uncrewed mission phases. ISAAC aims to integrate autonomous intra-vehicular robots (IVR) with spacecraft infrastructure (power, life support, etc.) and ground control. It focuses on capabilities required for NASA’s Gateway cis-lunar outpost that also apply to human missions to Mars and beyond. Its development strategy is to test using existing IVR on the ISS (the Astrobee free-flyer and Robonaut dextrous manipulator) as an analog for future IVR on Gateway.