Automation and robotics considerations for a lunar base

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Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lbsa.conf..603s&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Johnson Space Center, The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Volume 2 p 603-608

Computer Science

Robotics

Automatic Control, Lunar Bases, Robot Control, Space Stations, Telerobotics, Extravehicular Activity, Ground Based Control, Human Resources, Radiation Hazards, Spacecrews

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An envisioned lunar outpost shares with other NASA missions many of the same criteria that have prompted the development of intelligent automation techniques with NASA. Because of increased radiation hazards, crew surface activities will probably be even more restricted than current extravehicular activity in low Earth orbit. Crew availability for routine and repetitive tasks will be at least as limited as that envisioned for the space station, particularly in the early phases of lunar development. Certain tasks are better suited to the untiring watchfulness of computers, such as the monitoring and diagnosis of multiple complex systems, and the perception and analysis of slowly developing faults in such systems. In addition, mounting costs and constrained budgets require that human resource requirements for ground control be minimized. This paper provides a glimpse of certain lunar base tasks as seen through the lens of automation and robotic (A&R) considerations. This can allow a more efficient focusing of research and development not only in A&R, but also in those technologies that will depend on A&R in the lunar environment.

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