Using a robot control architecture to automate space shuttle operations

  • Authors:

  • R. Peter Bonasso;David Kortenkamp;Troy Whitney

  • Affiliations:

  • Metrica Inc., Texas Robotics and Automation Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX;Metrica Inc., Texas Robotics and Automation Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX;North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

  • Venue:
  • AAAI'97/IAAI'97 Proceedings of the fourteenth national conference on artificial intelligence and ninth conference on Innovative applications of artificial intelligence
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

This paper describes preliminary results from using an AI robot control software architecture, known as 3T as the software framework for a procedure tracking system for the space shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS). The system, called 3TPT, is designed to track the expected steps of the crew as they carry out RMS operations, detecting malfunctions in the RMS system from failures or improper configurations as well as improper or incomplete procedures by the crew. Scheduled for a ground demonstration in February 1997, and a test flight the following fall, 3TPT was employed this past fall to track the RMS check~ut procedures on a space shuttle mission. It successfully carried out its task because the reactive nature of the architecture allowed it to stay synchronized with the procedures even in the face of intermittent loss of telemetry and unexpected crew actions.