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Astrobee Overview

Gives a broad overview of the NASA Astrobee project

Jose Benavides↗
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Mapping the ISS with the Autonomous Free-Flying Astrobee Robots

Space intra-vehicular robots (IVR) can provide coverage survey and targeted close-up inspection imagery capabilities that improve ground operator situation awareness. We report on a series of activities using the autonomous Astrobee robotic free-flyers that mapped the interior of three ISS modules, generating a panoramic tour of the ISS interior without astronaut manual photography. For the ISS, these capabilities can complement or replace time-consuming crew inspection tasks, providing panoramic data products that are easier to navigate than the baseline crew safety videos. For future exploration vehicles with extended uncrewed mission phases, robotic inspection will play a more critical role of providing the primary “eyes in the sky” for vehicle operators.

robotics↗
NASA NTRS2019

Space Technology Mission Directorate Game Changing Development Program Astrobee

The HET2/Astrobee project is developing a new free-flying robot to succeed the existing SPHERES facility as a guest science research platform and to perform IVA work on the ISS. Relevance: The project will increase the capabilities of robots to perform IVA/EVA work in space and will increase the efficiency of human explorers by allowing routine, repetitive work to be off-loaded to robots. Approach: The project conducted incremental design and development of a robotic free flyer that meets project, stakeholder, and ISS interface and safety requirements. Results: 3 free flyers are on-orbit. The first robot has been unpacked and has begun flying autonomously within the ISS under crew supervision. Commissioning activities to validate the system continue.

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