{"id":5985,"date":"2014-01-10T06:34:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T06:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2014-01-10T06:34:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T06:34:56","slug":"fiso-co-robots-and-the-future-of-space-activity-madhu-thangavelu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5985","title":{"rendered":"FISO: Co-Robots and the future of space activity – Madhu Thangavelu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO)<\/a> study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive<\/a>. Both slides (pdf)<\/a> and audio (mp3)<\/a> are available for the talk, \u00a0Co-Robots and the Future of Space Activity, Madhu Thangavelu , USC – Jan.8.14<\/a><\/p>\n

Space exploration and development is often presented as a robot versus manned binary choice but it is really robot versus manned + robot. To accomplish significant development in space, humans will need the productivity multipliers provided by robots, particularly tele-operated ones. Resource extraction and processing, construction, and other tasks in the vacuum and radiation of space, in the dust of the Moon, etc will be controlled by people nearby in safe and cozy habitats.<\/p>\n

Thangavelu’s presentation discusses many topics related to such scenarios. He starts with the CoRobot<\/em> concept, in which robots work closely with people to assist them in different ways. He then moves to the SARA<\/em> (Surrogate Astronaut Robot Avatar<\/em>) concept \u00a0in which a person wears an elaborate suit whose movements are mimicked by a robot out, say, on the surface of the Moon. Thangavelu \u00a0lays out a plan for developing and testing SARA systems starting with a facility on the ISS.<\/p>\n

Here is a sampling of his many slides:<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a> \"WhatIsACoRobot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"NSF-NRI\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\"Co-DefenderEtc\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"MannedSpaceOps.\"<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/a> \"RoboticAvatars\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"SARA\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, \u00a0Co-Robots and the Future of Space Activity, Madhu Thangavelu , USC – Jan.8.14 Space exploration and development is often presented as a robot … Continue reading FISO: Co-Robots and the future of space activity – Madhu Thangavelu<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-space-infrastructure","category-living-in-space","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1yx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7627,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7627","url_meta":{"origin":5985,"position":0},"title":"FISO: Continuum trunk & tentacle robots for space – Ian Walker, Clemson","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive.\u00a0Slides and movies are available in a zip file\u00a0and there is an\u00a0audio (mp3)\u00a0available for the talk, Continuum Trunk and Tentacle Robots for Space Applications, Ian Walker , Clemson University -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In Space Infrastructure"","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"Overview","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Overview-300x224.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1049,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1049","url_meta":{"origin":5985,"position":1},"title":"FISO: Combined SEP-Chemical for manned Mars missions","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. 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