Telerobotic rovers for extraterrestrial construction

The topics are presented in viewgraph form and include the following: fundamental concepts; advantages of modularity; modular robot; robot design; motor control system; simple manipulator; 4 degree of freedom manipulator; intermodule communication; network layout; positioning system--IR-TROP; IR TROP system design; testbed layout; modularized control; and centralized control. The objectives are the following: to design small modular robots; to test robotic cooperation and teleoperation; to develop modular control software; to develop intermodule communication network; to develop high accuracy positioning system; and to explore distributed algorithms for coordination.