Since 2004, NASA has been working to return to the Moon. In contrast to the Apollo missions, two key objectives of the current exploration program is to establish significant infrastructure and an outpost. Achieving these objectives will enable long-duration stays and long-distance exploration of the Moon. To do this, robotic systems will be needed to perform tasks which cannot, or should not, be performed by crew alone. In this paper, we summarize our work to develop "utility robots" for lunar surface operations, present results and lessons learned from field testing, and discuss directions for future research.


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    Title :

    Field Testing of Utility Robots for Lunar Surface Operations


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space 2008 ; 2009 ; California, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-09-09


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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