Robotic follow-up for human exploration

Autor: José M. Hurtado, Susan Y. Lee, Vinh To, Kip V. Hodges, Mike Lundy, Jason Q. H. Lum, Mark A. Helper, Mark Allan, B. A. Adams, Estrellina Pacis, Tod Milam, Joshua M. Garber, Kelsey Young, Tamar Cohen, Martha Altobelli, Debra Schreckenghost, Trey Smith, Tim Kennedy, Essam Heggy, Dawn Wheeler, Linda Kobayashi, Frank Jurgens, David Lees, Elizabeth M. Palmer, Pascal Lee, Xavier Bouyssounouse, Liam Pedersen, Lorenzo Fluckiger, Eric Park, Hans Utz, Rob Landis, Terrence Fong, Maria Bualat, Matthew Deans, Tim Shin
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Popis: We are studying how "robotic follow-up" can improve future planetary exploration. Robotic follow-up, which we define as augmenting human field work with subsequent robot activity, is a field exploration technique designed to increase human productivity and science return. To better understand the benefits, requirements, limitations and risks associated with this technique, we are conducting analog field tests with human and robot teams at the Haughton Crater impact structure on Devon Island, Canada. In this paper, we discuss the motivation for robotic follow-up, describe the scientific context and system design for our work, and present results and lessons learned from field testing.
Databáze: OpenAIRE