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JPL Robotics Meeting Notes

User:vrtnis' notes from meeting with JPL robotics head of robotics team (EELS and Rover)

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Mars rover autonomy

  • combine approximate kinematic settling with a dual-cost path planner.
  • develop multi-agent capabilities to significantly enhance performance - safety of autonomous operations on Mars.
  • autonomy system to efficiently handle Mars' unpredictable terrain - improving mission success rates.
  • incorporate mechanisms for self-diagnosis and repair to ensure long-term functionality with minimal Earth-based support.
 
Summary

Risk-aware planning

  • utilize Boole's inequality for risk allocation.
  • enhancing decision-making under uncertainty.
  • employ predictive analytics to anticipate and mitigate potential risks.
  • allowing for dynamic re-planning and risk management.

Advanced sensor integration

  • high-resolution cameras and spectrometers
  • integrate sensors for comprehensive environmental data.
  • using ground-penetrating radar (GPR).

Humanoids

  • for space exploration, utilizing human-like structure
  • tasks requiring precise human-like movements.
  • deploy humanoids for maintenance, repair enhancing astronaut safety.
  • use in sample gathering/ environmental monitoring.
  • simulate operations in space-like environments.


Energy

  • optimize energy consumption.
  • utilize a combination of solar panels.
  • gather power from the environment, such as thermal gradients and mechanical movements.

Navigation and mapping

  • utilize LIDAR
  • optimal path planning
  • integrate real-time obstacle detection

Project management lessons learned

  • manage complex robotics projects like eels and Mars rovers by coordinating multiple teams
  • advantage of having all team members colocated in the same building at the project's inception.
  • more integrated workflows through initial colocation
  • ensure alignment on project goals and timelines.
  • early stages of complex projects benefit greatly from in-person collaboration. establish a strong foundation through colocation to enhance subsequent remote coordination efforts