The methodology used in the study is to establish functional requirements for the operator-system-interface (OSI), establish the technologies needed to meet these requirements, and to forecast the availability of these technologies. The study looked at progressively more detailed Space Station functions, starting from general stationkeeping functions, down to proximity operations, and finally to the extra vehicular (EV) robot functions. The EV robot envisioned would be a free-flyer while in transit from one location to another in close proximity to the orbiting Space Station. The OSI would perform path planning, tracking and control, object recognition, fault detection and correction, and plan modifications in connection with EV robot operations. The implementation of the OSI implies the use of natural languages, voice recognition and synthesis, speech understanding, expert diagnostic and advisory knowledge systems, and machine learning. (ERA citation 10:049310)
Space Station Automation and Robotics Study. Final Report
1984
72 pages
Report
No indication
English
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