Telepresence in the human exploration of Mars: Field studies in analog environments

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Dec 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993vise.nasa...23s&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Lewis Research Center, Vision 21: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in the Era of Cyberspace p 23-34 (SEE N94-2

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Ecology, Expeditions, Man Machine Systems, Mars (Planet), Mcmurdo Sound, Space Exploration, Teleoperators, Underwater Vehicles, Antarctic Regions, Ice, Lakes, Ocean Bottom, Sea Ice

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This paper describes the role of telepresence in performing exploration of Mars. As part of an effort to develop telepresence to support Mars exploration, NASA is developing telepresence technology and using it to perform exploration in space analog environments. This paper describes experiments to demonstrate telepresence control of an underwater remotely operated vehicle (TROV) to perform scientific field work in isolated and hostile environments. Toward this end, we have developed a telepresence control system and interfaced it to an underwater remotely operated vehicle. This vehicle was used during 1992 to study aquatic ecosystems in Antarctica including a study of the physical and biological environment of permanently ice-covered lake. We also performed a preliminary analysis of the potential for using the TROV to study the benthic ecology under the sea ice in McMurdo sound. These expeditions are opening up new areas of research by using telepresence control of remote vehicles to explore isolated and extreme environments on Earth while also providing an impetus to develop technology which will play a major role in the human exploration of Mars. Antarctic field operations, in particular, provide an excellent analog experience for telepresence operation in space.

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