We have developed and tested an advanced EVA communications and computing system to increase astronaut self-reliance and safety, reducing dependence on continuous monitoring and advising from mission control on Earth. This system, called Mobile Agents (MA), is voice controlled and provides information verbally to the astronauts through programs called 'personal agents.' The system partly automates the role of CapCom in Apollo--including monitoring and managing EVA navigation, scheduling, equipment deployment, telemetry, health tracking, and scientific data collection. EVA data are stored automatically in a shared database in the habitat/vehicle and mirrored to a site accessible by a remote science team. The program has been developed iteratively in the context of use, including six years of ethnographic observation of field geology. Our approach is to develop automation that supports the human work practices, allowing people to do what they do well, and to work in ways they are most familiar.
Automating CapCom Using Mobile Agents and Robotic Assistants
2005
44 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Technology , Human Factors Engineering , Robotics , Automatic control , Human-computer interface , Human factors engineering , Communications , Computing systems , Monitoring , Extravehicular activities , Navigation , Scheduling , Deployment , Telemetry , Geology , Space missions , CapCom , Mobile agents
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