NASA NTRS · 20060044411
Humanoids for lunar and planetary surface operations
Abstract
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.
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Stoica, Adrian, Keymeulen, Didier, Csaszar, Ambrus, Gan, Quan, Hidalgo, Timothy, Moore, Jeff, Newton, Jason, Sandoval, Steven, Xu, Jiajing. 2005-10-10. Humanoids for lunar and planetary surface operations. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060044411
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