Major Projects The NASA Space Telerobotics Program

Major Projects

Listed below are several of the major application projects which are in development by, or have been completed by, the NASA Space Telerobotics program

AERcam - free-flying robotic camera for use near the Space Shuttle and Space Station. An archival overview of the AERcam project can be found here
Dante II - the Dante II volcano exploration robot project
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Demeter - automation of terrestrial agricultural operations through the application of space robotics technology.
Lunar Rover Demo - lunar rovers for science and entertainment, including precursor field tests in the Atacama Desert
 Ranger - Ranger on-orbit telerobotics flight experiment.
 Rocky 7 - development of a very long-lived science rover for Mars.
Sojourner - the first Mars rover, launched in December 1996.

Other Projects

In addition, the program interacts with several space robotics applications projects which are being conducted by other organizations:

SPAR - SPAR Aerospace telerobotic systems for International Space Station Alpha

McDonnell Douglas Robotics Planetary Exploration - the MacDac cooperative program to develop the Russian Marsokhod for possible future flights.

Charlotte - the McDonnell Douglas IVA robotics systems for payload servicing inside occupied volumes.

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Last updated: September 19, 1997