From single autonomous robots toward cooperative robotic interactions for future planetary exploration missions

Armin Wedler, Martina Wilde, Josef Reill, Martin J. Schuster, Mallikarjuna Vayugundla, Sebastian G. Brunner, Kristin Bussmann, Andreas Dömel, Martin Drauschke, Heinrich Gmeiner, Hannah Lehner, Peter Lehner, Marcus G. Müller, Wolfgang Stürzl, Rudolph Triebel, Bernhard Vodermayer, Anko Börner, Rainer Krenn, Armin Dammann, Uwe Carsten FiebigEmanuel Staudinger, Frank Wenzhöfer, Sascha Flögel, Stefan Sommer, Tamim Asfour, Michael Flad, Sören Hohmann, Martin Brandauer, Alin Olimpiu Albu-Schäffer

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Abstract

Mobile robotics will play a key role in future space, ocean and deep sea exploration activities. Besides the actual development of the robotic systems, the different ways of commanding those systems, using technologies varying from teleoperation with the human in the loop, through shared autonomy towards highly autonomous systems, will be the main challenges of these missions. This paper describes the robotic activities of the DLR institutions within the Helmholtz projects ROBEX and ARCHES, dealing with robots for autonomous space and ocean exploration applications. Furthermore, it describes the challenges, the overlap and the synergies of those domains, the different approaches of operating robots from far distances in extreme environments and gives an outlook on future mission possibilities.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume2018-October
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event69th International Astronautical Congress: #InvolvingEveryone, IAC 2018 - Bremen, Germany
Duration: 1 Oct 20185 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Autonomy
  • Exploration
  • Robotics
  • Shared autonomy
  • Teleoperation

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