Lecture on Space Robotics, as part of the Robotics course at the Università della Svizzera Italiana...

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Space Robotics? robots in space? [email protected] - http://Juxi.net Juxi Leitner Lugano, Mar 2014 IDSIA - Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale USI - Università della Svizzera Italiana

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Giving a short introduction into space, robots, and space robots :) This lecture was part of the Robotics course held for Master students at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Faculty of Informatics. http://search.usi.ch/courses/35250941/Robotics more at http://Juxi.net and http://robotics.idsia.ch/

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Space Robotics?robots in space?

[email protected] - http://Juxi.net

Juxi Leitner Lugano, Mar 2014IDSIA - Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza ArtificialeUSI - Università della Svizzera Italiana

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Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology (SpaceMaster)

http://spacemaster.eu/

> who am i

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European Space Agency

esa.int/act

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ROBOT?what is a robot? how do we define it?

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SPACE !?

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SPACE ROBOTICSwhy? what kind?

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FREE FLYERSsatellites and spacecraft

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ROBOTIC ARMS

Image Courtesy: European Space Agency

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EUROPEAN ROBOTIC

ARM (ERA)onboard the ISS

tbl 2012complement Canadarm

Images Courtesy: European Space Agency

20142015

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CANADARM2 VIDEOhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLyqF17CBZk

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ROBONAUT2humanoid robot

Images Courtesy: NASA

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ROVERSspace exploration

rover |ˈrōvər|a person who spends their time wandering

Image Courtesy: NASA

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SOVIETROVERSlunar exploration

Image Courtesy: NASA

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NASAROVERS

martian exploration

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ACTIVE ROVERS

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EXOMARS

european roverESA Aurora programmecooperation with NASA

Images Courtesy: ESA

roscosmos

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EXOMARShow to get there?

Image Courtesy: ESA, CNES, Arianspace

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EXOMARShow to get there?

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EXOMARShow to get there?

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EXOMARShow to get there?

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NASAcuriosity’s skycrane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s

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JPL video

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MRO picture

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NASAlanding example

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EXOMARSmobility(video)

Video Courtesy: DLR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kLyxhwSn0

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EXOMARS(AND OTHERS)

rocker bogie suspension

Video Courtesy: NASA/JPL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KQF50vV5E

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NASAexample

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NAVIGATION

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AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr58r0b5LKMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZdrcV9G3zE

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AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION

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EXOMARSscience

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OPPORTUNITY science

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ATHLETEplans for future use

on lunar surface

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ATHLETE

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GLXPnew concepts

participatory exploration

Image Courtesy: Next Big Leap

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INTELLIGENCEfor space robots

Image Courtesy: XKCD

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INTERESTING ROCKS

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INTERESTING ROCKS

http://www.space.com/24718-mars-jelly-doughnut-rock-mystery-solved.html

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approachcgp

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DUST DEVILS

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DUST DEVILS

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AUTONOMOUS SCIENCEMore info at http://aegis.jpl.nasa.gov/

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COOPERATIONof assets

Image Courtesy: NASA

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RENDEZVOUSintelligent control for automatic rendezvous and docking (ARD)

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RENDEZVOUSon-orbit servicing missions

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EVOLVING ARDevolutionary computing and neural networks for ARD

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ORBITAL ENVIRONMENT

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MULTI SATELLITEmy work at the ACT (multi agent F6)

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MULTI ROBOT“area coverage” exploration

base/station support

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MULTI ROBOTproposed mission concepts

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HRI/HARTrobots interacting with humans, working together

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THE END

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questions? ideas? [email protected]

@Juxi Juxi.net

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REFERENCES• An Introduction to Space Robotics, A. Ellery, ISBN 1-85233-164-X

• Pedersen, L. and Kortenkamp, D. and Wettergreen, D. and Nourbakhsh, I.A Survey of Space Robotics. 2003.

• European Space Agency / Robotics Section, http://www.esa.int/robotics

• NASA Robotics, http://robotics.nasa.gov & JPL Robotics, http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/

• Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/index.html

• Neurocontrollers and Automatic Rendezvous and Docking - Advanced Concepts Team (ESA): http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/ai/pp/neurocontroller.html

• Conference Proceedings: i-SAIRAS and ASTRA

• For more pictures taken from rovers and other spacecraft goto http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ or http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmghome.pl

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