Intelligent control of a water-recovery system: three years in the trenches

  • Authors:
  • Pete Bonasso;David Kortenkamp;Carroll Thronesbery

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • AI Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This article discusses our experience building and running an intelligent control system during a three-year period for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration advanced life support (ALS) system. The system under test was known as the Integrated Water-Recovery System (IWRS). We used the 3T intelligent control architecture to produce software that operated autonomously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 16 months. The article details our development approach, the successes and failures of the system, and our lessons learned. We conclude with a summary of spinoff benefits to the AI community and areas of AI research that can be useful for future ALS systems.