HUMAN EXPLORATION TELEROBOTICS - SMARTPHONE (HET-SMARTPHONE)
Research Area: Robotics
Expedition(s): 29-ongoing
Principal Investigator(s): ● Terry Fong, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,
California
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Human Exploration Telerobotics - Smartphone
(HET-Smartphone) demonstrates and assesses
intravehicular activity (IVA) free-flyer telerobotic
operations using Synchronized Position Hold,
Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites
(SPHERES) and remote operation of SPHERES by
ground control and crew. HET-Smartphone
assesses telerobotic operations in order to
increase crew efficiency and productivity for
future human exploration missions.
EARTH BENEFITS
HET-Smartphone explores many aspects of
human-robot interaction including high-level
control of robots over large time delays and
limited bandwidth. Findings from these
experiments benefit other Earth-based
telerobotics tasks such as robot-assisted
surgery, bomb squad robots, and remote
industrial inspection.
SPACE BENEFITS
HET-Smartphone identifies and quantifies
requirements, architecture, operations concepts,
costs, and risks associated with telerobotic
operations of free-flyers for future human exploration missions.
RESULTS
Data are still being collected from this investigation, and analysis is ongoing.
This investigation is ongoing and additional results are pending publication.
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum is
performing the HET-Smartphone investigation in the
JEM Pressurized Module.