Скачать или смотреть Technology-enabled Robotic Exploration (TREX) - D. Sridharan - 2021 Mars Society Virtual Convention

Speaker: Dharshun Sridharan

Track Code: TB-8

Abstract:
“About six years from now”. This was Elon Musk’s response in 2020, when queried as to when SpaceX was likely to land humans on Mars. “One Hundred Percent”. That is the total area of Mars that has been mapped. For contract, just under a quarter of the world’s oceans have actually been mapped on Earth. “Mars is entirely inhabited by Robots”. What this highlights is an ever-increasing emphasis for humanity to invest in its curiosity, and ultimately achieve the complex goal of colonising and settling on Mars. Curiosity is the magical word. Humans are built with an inherent curiosity-complex. It is almost like humans are hard wired to be curious. However when it comes to Mars, curiosity may actually be lethal as there are still a number of unknowns. And the biggest risk is realised when exploration of the planet is considered. Luckily, there are technologies that may de-risk “curiosity”-driven activities. Specifically, what is meant by this is to introduce a new Robotic Paradigm where one can converge the technologies of Terrestrial Networking Capabilities, Internet of Things, Virtual and Augmented Reality, together with Artificial Intelligence-enabled Robots to do much of these activities, delivered through an Avatar delivery mechanism. Whilst the capability may not exist at this point in time, the component technologies do and are maturing every day. This paper looks to introduce, explore and design a conceptual technology-enabled architecture of the future robot for exploration of Mars. With recommendations on how this technology can not only de-risk “curiosity”-driven activities on Mars itself, but also how it can benefit the Earth as we know it.

From the 24th Annual International Mars Society Convention, held as a Virtual Convention worldwide on the Internet from October 14-17, 2021. The four-day International Mars Society Convention, held every year since 1998, brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political-economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.

Conference Papers and some presentations will be available on www.MarsPapers.org

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