THE MOONWALK PROJECT ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION IN
EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Dr. Peter WEISSCOMEX
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 1
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 2
Content:1) The philosophy behind MOONWALK2) Robot-Astronaut Cooperation3) EVA simulations 4) Future work
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 3
The Philosophy behind the MOONWALK ProjectMOONWALK is a European Commission project funded under FP7 to develop an EVA simulation infrastructure in Europe.
MOONWALK focusses on Astronaut-Robot cooperation during surface EVA (Moon / Mars) and will finish with two simulation campaigns (Marseilles / Rio Tinto)
Partners:
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für künstliche Intelligenz
COMEX SA
Airbus Group Innovations
Liquifer Systems Group GmbH,
Space Applications Services N.V. / S.A.,
NTNU Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space,
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 4
The Philosophy behind the MOONWALK Project
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Marseilles lunar subsea analogue Rio Tinto Mars analogue
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 5
The Philosophy behind the MOONWALK Project
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Astronaut-AstronautTeam
Astronaut-AstronautTeam
Astronaut-RobotTeam
Astronaut-RobotTeam
Analyze the influence of
different G-Levels (1/6thG & 1G)
Analyze the influence of
different G-Levels (1/6thG & 1G)
Analyze the impact of the robot use
Analyze the impact of the robot use
Marseilles lunar subsea analogue Rio Tinto Mars analogue
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 6
The Philosophy behind the MOONWALK Project
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Marseilles lunar subsea analogue Rio Tinto Mars analogue
The underwater environment serves to recreate surface EVA in reduced gravity (1/6th – Moon) through neutral buoyancy simulations.
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 7
The Philosophy behind the MOONWALK Project
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Marseilles lunar subsea analogue
The Rio Tinto test site offers conditions similar to some of those on Mars and allow to evaluate field exploration strategies for exobiology.
Rio Tinto Mars analogue
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 8
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Astronaut-Robot CooperationThe main research focus in MOONWALK is to evaluate different strategies and means of astronaut-robot cooperation.
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 9
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Astronaut-Robot CooperationFollowing tasks are foreseen to be implemented:
- Field exploration (scouting)
- Hazardous locations exploration (cave, crater, …)
- Assistance in sampling / documentation
- Transport tasks
- Assistance in problems
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 10
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Astronaut-Robot CooperationThe DFKI robot scout
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 11
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Astronaut-Robot CooperationThe astronauts (their simulation suits)
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 12
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Astronaut-Robot CooperationThe astronauts (their simulation suits)
The IMU that are used to perform the gesture control for the robot are also used to perform hazardous position detection (and alert !)
Dr. Peter WEISS, [email protected] 13
THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
EVA SimulationsThe final test campaigns are foreseen for the first half of 2016.
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THE MOONWALK PROJECT
ASTRONAUT-ROBOT COOPERATION
IN EUROPEAN SPACE ANALOGUE SIMULATIONS
Future workMOONWALK has entered the fabrication phase of the different components.
It is planned to issue an Announcement of Opportunities to invite external entities to participate
www.projectmoonwalk.net
Thank you !