Telerobotics 2020 SSERVI NESS Site Visit Terry Fong Senior Scientist for Autonomous Systems NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate VIPER Mission Rover Deputy Lead NASA Ames Research Center 2020-11-30 NASA Telerobotic Operations 0 Space Telerobotics Uses • Exploration (assembly, maintenance, crew/payload positioning, ISRU) • Science (instrument deployment, measurements, sampling, analysis) • Technology development and research (NASA and non-NASA) Robonaut 2 SSRMS SPHERES Curiosity VIPER OSAM-1 Astrobee Fong, Zumbado, Currie, Mishkin, & Akin (2013). Space telerobotics: unique challenges to human-robot collaboration in space. Reviews of Human Factors & Ergonomics Society 9(1). NASA Telerobotic Operations 1 Telerobotic Operations Robot in Earth orbit Robot on surface Astronaut in space Ground control Ground control Robot on surface NASA Telerobotic Operations 2 Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) VIPER Rover on Astrobotic Griffin Lander (artist concept) NASA Telerobotic Operations 3 VIPER vs. ISS vs. Mars Rovers Real-time science Non-interactive Interactive High latency Natural terrain Med latency (20-40 min (6-15 s round-trip) round-trip) “Poor” orbital Good orbital maps maps Command Short sequence mission Intermittent comms Continuous comms Low-tempo ops Extreme lighting Low latency Long mission (<2s round-trip) High-tempo ops Crew and payload positioning Structured environment ISS EVA ROBOTICS NASA Telerobotic Operations 4 VIPER Operations NASA Telerobotic Operations 5 Telerobotics session 3:05p Mixed Reality Interfaces for Lunar Robot Supervision & Teleoperation – Michael Walker (U. Colorado) 3:20p Telerobotic Deployment Strategies for Lunar Radio Arrays – Mason Bell & Phaedra Curlin (U. Colorado) 3:35p Deployable Optical Receiver Aperture for Lunar Communications and Navigation – Daniel Jacobs (ASU) 3:50p Discussion (10 min) 4:00p Done NASA Telerobotic Operations 6 .