{ "accessed": "2026-10-29", "method": "Five Elicit semantic searches, six results each. Discovery abstracts are not independent confirmation; see evidence.json for sources inspected directly.", "searches": [ { "queryIndex": 0, "papers": [ { "elicitId": "ss-218871825", "title": "Biomass Production of the EDEN ISS Space Greenhouse in Antarctica During the 2018 Experiment Phase", "authors": [ "P. Zabel", "C. Zeidler", "Vincent Vrakking", "M. Dorn", "D. Schubert" ], "year": 2020, "abstract": "The EDEN ISS greenhouse is a space-analog test facility near the German Neumayer III station in Antarctica. The facility is part of the project of the same name and was designed and built starting from March 2015 and eventually deployed in Antarctica in January 2018. The nominal operation of the greenhouse started on February 7th and continued until the 20th of November. The purpose of the facility is to enable multidisciplinary research on topics related to future plant cultivation on human space exploration missions. Research on food quality and safety, plant health monitoring, microbiology, system validation, human factors and horticultural sciences was conducted. Part of the latter is the determination of the biomass production of the different crops. The data on this topic is presented in this paper. During the first season 26 different crops were grown on the 12.5 m2 cultivation area of the greenhouse. A large number of crops were grown continuously throughout the 9 months of operation, but there were also crops that were only grown a few times for test purposes. The focus of this season was on growing lettuce, leafy greens and fresh vegetables. In total more than 268 kg of edible biomass was produced by the EDEN ISS greenhouse facility in 2018. Most of the harvest was cucumbers (67 kg), lettuces (56 kg), leafy greens (49 kg), and tomatoes (50 kg) complemented with smaller amounts of herbs (12 kg), radish (8 kg), and kohlrabi (19 kg). The environmental set points for the crops were 330–600 μmol/(m2*s) LED light, 21°C, ∼65% relative humidity, 1000 ppm and the photoperiod was 17 h per day. The overall yearly productivity of the EDEN ISS greenhouse in 2018 was 27.4 kg/m2, which is equal to 0.075 kg/(m2*d). This paper shows in detail the data on edible and inedible biomass production of each crop grown in the EDEN ISS greenhouse in Antarctica during the 2018 season.", "doi": "10.3389/fpls.2020.00656", "pmid": "32528506", "venue": "Frontiers in Plant Science", "citedByCount": 43, "urls": [ "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00656/pdf" ], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": 1, "fullTextUrl": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00656/pdf" }, { "elicitId": "ss-226602449", "title": "Implications of different plant cultivation techniques for food production in space based on experiments in EDEN ISS", "authors": [ "P. Zabel", "C. Zeidler", "Vincent Vrakking", "D. Schubert" ], "year": 2020, "abstract": "The EDEN ISS greenhouse is a space-analogue test facility near the German Neumayer III station in Antarctica. The facility is part of the project of the same name and was designed and built since 2015 and eventually deployed in Antarctica in January 2018. The first operational phase of the greenhouse started on February the 7th and continued until the 20th of November 2018. The purpose of the facility is to enable multidisciplinary research on topics related to future plant cultivation on human space exploration missions. Research on food quality and safety, plant health monitoring, microbiology, system validation, human factors and horticultural sciences was conducted. Part of the latter was an experiment to compare different plant cultivation techniques for lettuce and tomato plants. For lettuce two different harvest methods were applied, either batch harvesting of the fully grown lettuce heads or spread harvesting of mature leaves while leaving the plant alive to allow regrowth.\n\nThe dwarf tomato plants were cultivated for three different durations. The short growth cycle ended right after the first set of fruits were harvested. The plants were then terminated and new plants sown. The longest duration cultivation involved several pruning events were old stems and leaves were removed from the plants allowing regrowth of new shoots. This paper compares the impact of the different cultivation techniques on the biomass output, the required crewtime and the required energy. The results show that depending on whether the goal is to optimize for highest biomass production, lowest energy demand or lowest crewtime demand some cultivation techniques are more favorable than others.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 2, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-192060261", "title": "EDEN ISS: Groenteproductie op Antarctica als eerste stap", "authors": [ "F. L. K. Kempkes", "C. Stanghellini" ], "year": 2018, "abstract": "Het doel van het EDEN ISS-project is tuinbouwtechnologieen in een gecontroleerde omgeving verder te ontwikkelen dan de huidige stand van de techniek. Het richt zich op gronddemonstratie (op Antarctica) van plantenteelttechnologieen en hun toepassing in de ruimte. Het EDEN ISS project ontwikkelt een veilige voedselproductie voor aan boord van het International Space Station (ISS) en voor toekomstige menselijke ruimteverkenning en planetaire buitenposten.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 0, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-108923500", "title": "Resource and Production Model for the South Pole Food Growth Chamber", "authors": [ "R. Patterson", "G. Giacomelli", "Phil Sadler" ], "year": 2008, "abstract": "NASA scientists have previously researched biomass production units for the purpose of bioregenerative life support systems (BLSS). The University of Arizona, Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) in cooperation with Sadler Machine Company (SMC) designed, constructed and assisted real-time operations of the South Pole Food Growth Chamber (SPFGC). The SPFGC is a semi-automated, hydroponic, multiple salad crop production chamber located within the U.S. National Science Foundation New Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Fresh vegetables are grown for the Station crew during the annual eight-month period of isolation in one of the most extreme and remote environments on Earth. An empirical mathematical model was developed from data monitored onsite and remotely by Internet and telecommunications during the winter of 2006. The SPFGC model was based on a mass balance, whereby all carbon dioxide and water were monitored within the system and biomass generated by the crops was recorded. Edible production yields within the 21.90 m2 SPFGC Plant Production Room averaged 2.8 kg day-1 (± 1.0 kg day-1) with 12 kW of installed high intensity discharge lighting and a 17-hour photoperiod. Other operational resources were monitored including labor, energy, and plant nutrients. The data generated from the remote and isolated location of the SPFGC includes information for future BLSS applications.", "doi": "10.4271/2008-01-2011", "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 20, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-56418350", "title": "Design of a Containerized Greenhouse Module for Deployment to the Neumayer III Antarctic Station", "authors": [ "M. Bamsey", "P. Zabel", "C. Zeidler", "L. Poulet", "D. Schubert", "E. Kohlberg", "T. Graham" ], "year": 2014, "abstract": "‡‡ Designs for an Antarctic plant production system to be deployed at Germany’s Neumayer Station III are presented. Characterization and testing of several key controlled environment agriculture technologies are ongoing at the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Systems. Subsystems under development at the Evolution and Design of Environmentally-Closed Nutrition-Sources (EDEN) laboratory include, tuned LED lighting, aeroponic nutrient delivery, ion-selective sensors and modular growth pallets. The Antarctic greenhouse module baseline form factor is a standard sea shipping container, which allows for use of nominal Antarctic logistics networks. The facility will be fixed onto a specially constructed platform and co-located near the Alfred Wegner Institute’s Neumayer Station III. The plant production facility will be operated year-round with maximum production per unit volume achieved through the deployment of modular grow units in a stackable rack architecture. In such a configuration the greenhouse module system can provide several kilograms of fresh edible biomass per day. Forty foot and 20 ft container configurations are described as well as the general design requirements, including specifics relevant to operations at Neumayer III. Successful deployment of such a facility will further the technology readiness and operational experience of space-based bioregenerative life support systems. Finally, the general design is presented in the context of an historical review of past Antarctic plant production facilities. This first known inventory of documented Antarctic plant production facilities, organizes the facilities with respect to Antarctic station, dates of operation, internal/external configuration and estimated production area.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 16, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [ "Review" ], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-134183807", "title": "Status of the EDEN ISS Greenhouse after on-site installation in Antarctica", "authors": [ "D. Schubert", "M. Bamsey", "P. Zabel", "C. Zeidler", "Vincent Vrakking" ], "year": 2018, "abstract": "EDEN ISS is a European project focused on advancing bio-regenerative life support systems, in particular plant cultivation technologies and procedures for space and planetary habitats. Essential Controlled Environment Agriculture technologies were designed, developed and integrated within a Mobile Test Facility, consisting of two interconnected 20 ft shipping containers. The main EDEN ISS cultivation area is called the Future Exploration Greenhouse and is designed as a single cultivation room with unified environmental settings and a 17:7 h light-dark photoperiod. During an analogue test mission at the German Neumayer III research station in Antarctica, the greenhouse provides a variety of fresh pick-and-eat crops for the overwintering crew of 10 members. This is of particular importance during their 6-7 months long isolation phase, when no plane or ship resupply of the station occurs.\n\nThis paper provides an overview of the as-built design configuration and outlines the main steps of the assembly, integration and test phase that took place between October 2016 and September 2017. Further, insight into the preparation procedures for the Antarctic mission is given, which led to the final mission preparation and transport logistics of the test facility. In December 2017, the analogue mission officially started with the on-site installation of the facility at Neumayer Station III. The paper gives an overview of the on-site build-up phase and the activities involved in putting the facility into its nominal operations mode. The paper concludes with a lessons learned and off-nominal issue section, gathered during the first months of operation in Antarctica.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 15, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [ "Review" ], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null } ], "warnings": [] }, { "queryIndex": 1, "papers": [ { "elicitId": "ss-130990352", "title": "Decentralised sanitation and reuse", "authors": [ "G. Zeeman", "P. Lens", "G. Lettinga" ], "year": 2010, "abstract": "Decentralised Sanitation and Reuse presents technical solutions for on-site collection and transport of concentrated waste streams, and focuses on the compromise between reliability and minimal water wastage. A whole range of available sustainable technologies, both low and high-tech, to treat concentrated (black water) and diluted (grey water) streams are addressed in detail from the fundamental scientific and engineering points of view.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 34, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-18736872", "title": "Conceptual energy and water recovery system for self-sustained nano membrane toilet", "authors": [ "D. Hanak", "A. Kolios", "T. Onabanjo", "S. Wagland", "K. Patchigolla", "B. Fidalgo", "V. Manovic", "E. McAdam", "A. Parker", "L. Williams", "S. Tyrrel", "E. 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The results of research in updated processes and schematics for condensate separation, purification and distillation with heat energy recovery are described. It is shown that the processes and hardware make possible to reduce energy demand and the weight of the water recovery systems under operation on space stations.", "doi": "10.4271/941536", "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 27, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-107125834", "title": "Air Evaporation Closed Cycle Water Recovery Technology - Advanced Energy Saving Designs", "authors": [ "Gwyndolyn Morasko", "D. Putnam", "R. Bagdigian" ], "year": 1986, "abstract": "The Air Evaporation water recovery system is a visible candidate for Space Station application. A four-man Air Evaporation open cycle system has been successfully demonstrated for waste water recovery in manned chamber tests. The design improvements described in this paper greatly enhance the system operation and energy efficiency of the air evaporation process. A state-of-the-art wick feed design which results in reduced logistics requirements is presented. In addition, several design concepts that incorporate regenerative features to minimize the energy input to the system are discussed. These include a recuperative heat exchanger, a heat pump for energy transfer to the air heater, and solar collectors for evaporative heat. The addition of the energy recovery devices will result in an energy reduction of more than 80 percent over the systems used in earlier manned chamber tests.", "doi": "10.4271/860987", "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 16, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-36159938", "title": "Approaches to resource recovery in Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems.", "authors": [ "D. Bubenheim", "T. 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The system has previously been tested using sea water and agricultural runoff as the feed, but gray water had never been tested. The work covered in this paper evaluated the utility and performance potential of VCD in recycling gray water in partial- and full-gravity environments. The gray water recycling test used a defined gray water simulant as the input to the VCD system. Engineering data were taken and samples of the product distilled water, the waste brine, and original feed were collected as the operating parameters of the system were varied. Results show that this is an extremely efficient recycling system that produces excellent quality distilled water with recovery efficiencies of over 95%. Depending on the operating conditions, the energy consumption varied from 32 to 64 Watt-hours/kg (120 to 240 W-hr/gal) of condensate produced.", "doi": "10.4271/921318", "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 6, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null } ], "warnings": [] }, { "queryIndex": 2, "papers": [ { "elicitId": "ss-253009910", "title": "Transition analysis of flat-foldable origami-inspired deployable shelter concepts", "authors": [ "Anthony Verzoni", "M. 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Toward the former, the art of origami can be utilized as inspiration for a structure which can be folded onto a standardized pallet, thereby enabling it to be transported by air, rail, or truck. For erectability, the authors have proposed an erection strategy based on the principal of counterweighting which can rotate a shelter into position without the use of heavy lifting equipment. This paper presents a parametric finite element model for a rigid wall origami-inspired concept that implements this erection strategy. The model is used to investigate structural performance within the feasible solution space of six independent geometric parameters. These parameters are limited by constraints related to packaged size and capability of interfacing with existing technologies (e.g. kitchens, latrines) in the deployed form. A final design is shown.", "doi": "10.2495/MAR140021", "pmid": null, "venue": "WIT Transactions on the Built Environment", "citedByCount": 8, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": 2, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-208799839", "title": "Design and Construction of an Origami-inspired Shell Structure", "authors": [ "Ze-Yuan He", "S. Guest" ], "year": 2019, "abstract": "Abstract Deployable shell structures are often considered for temporary shelters [1]. For such applications the shell structure needs to have the following properties: (1) low self-weight (preferably portable by one person); (2) small packaged volume; (3) easily deployed (without the use of heavy lifting devices). It has been shown that origami has great potential for designing structures with those properties [1, 2]. Here we enlarge the range of possible design by considering new variations of rigid-foldable quadrilateral creased papers [3].", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 0, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-250942974", "title": "Thick panel origami for load-bearing deployable structures", "authors": [ "Phanisri P. Pratapa", "Abhilash Bellamkonda" ], "year": 2022, "abstract": null, "doi": "10.1016/j.mechrescom.2022.103937", "pmid": null, "venue": "Mechanics research communications", "citedByCount": 17, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": 2, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-269702725", "title": "Recessed pyramid origami module and its tessellation", "authors": [ "Tae-hyun Kim", "Keon-Ik Jang", "Dae-Young Lee", "Jae-hung Han" ], "year": 2024, "abstract": "Origami is a technique of folding a sheet along patterns, allowing the shape, size, or mechanical properties to be changed. Its ability to compactly fold and then deploy into a large size is widely exploited in space structures, including solar panels, space architecture, and so on. Especially, for 3D foldable structures like space shelters, thick materials are essential for structural robustness and excellent radiation shielding. However, interference due to the thickness of panels restricts the folding mechanism, and avoiding the interference makes the pattern and folding sequence complicated. In this study, we propose a Recessed Pyramid Origami (RPO) module which can be folded into a pyramidal shape with a recessed center from a single flat plane. Although it has an open-loop pattern with a separation in a partial sector, it can achieve a simple one degree-of-freedom (DOF) folding motion by additional internal patterning. Its final shape is defined by panel-to-panel contact, eliminating the need for extra end-stoppers. Moreover, the RPO is rigid-foldable, enabling the use of thicker panels, and it can be designed in various shapes according to design parameters. The RPO also can create various 3D structures including approximated dome, prism, arch, corrugated panel, tube, and polyhedron by tessellating. It is anticipated that a wide range of foldable structures can be designed by utilization of the proposed RPO and its derivatives.", "doi": "10.1117/12.3009738", "pmid": null, "venue": "Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring", "citedByCount": 1, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-56459604", "title": "Origami Applications in Structural Engineering: A Look at Temporary Shelters", "authors": [ "M. Norman", "Kaveh Arjomandi" ], "year": 2017, "abstract": "Origami is an ancient Japanese art that has been circling the globe for centuries. In past, it was used to create simple objects, however, more recent applications have been transitioning through mathematics to science and engineering. Inspirations from origami in the scientific community have led to developments in deploying structures in space, transporting medical devices through the human body, or creating easily foldable and portable shelters. This paper focuses on origami principles applied to structural engineering, in particular, temporary shelters for use in dire situations. Primary motivation comes from the need for sound temporary housing distributed within refugee camps. Three shelters with the following geometries were created: the Yoshimura (diamond) pattern in a tunnel shape, the diamond pattern in a dome shape, and a variation of the Miura-Ori pattern in a tunnel shape. Finite element models of the structures were developed using SAP2000; the models were simulated using Eigenvalue buckling analysis in addition to non-linear static analysis methods. Stress analysis results were used to design the shelters’ panel thickness to be made from highdensity polyethylene (HDPE). In addition to the detailed analysis and design results, this paper provides a comparison study of the structural integrity of the three investigated folds. This can potentially benefit the development of lightweight, portable, and sound temporary shelters made use of in severe situations.", "doi": "10.11159/ICSENM17.130", "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 16, "urls": [ "https://doi.org/10.11159/icsenm17.130" ], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": "https://doi.org/10.11159/icsenm17.130" } ], "warnings": [] }, { "queryIndex": 3, "papers": [ { "elicitId": "ss-117469641", "title": "Investigation of viability of seasonal waste heat storage in rock piles for remote communities in cold climates", "authors": [ "S. Ghoreishi‐Madiseh", "A. Safari", "Leyla Amiri", "D. Baidya", "Marco Antonio Rodrigues de Brito", "A. F. 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Incorporating renewable energy generation and storage to these systems can reduce their reliance on costly imported fuel and improve sustainability; however, uncertainty remains about optimal grid architectures to minimize cost, including how and when to incorporate long-duration energy storage. This study implements a novel, multi-pronged approach to assess the techno-economic feasibility of future energy pathways in the community of Kotzebue, which has already successfully deployed solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, and battery storage systems. Using real community load, resource, and generation data, we develop a series of comparison models using the HOMER Pro software tool to evaluate microgrid architectures to meet over 90% of the annual community electricity demand with renewable generation, considering both battery and hydrogen energy storage. We find that near-term planned capacity expansions in the community could enable over 50% renewable generation and reduce the total cost of energy. Additional build-outs to reach 75% renewable generation are shown to be competitive with current costs, but further capacity expansion is not currently economical. We additionally include a cost sensitivity analysis and a storage capacity sizing assessment that suggest hydrogen storage may be economically viable if battery costs increase, but large-scale seasonal storage via hydrogen is currently unlikely to be cost-effective nor practical for the region considered. 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Fuel delivery, often by ice roads, can be difficult and expensive. Wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays can be deployed to offset the need for diesel generation, but they can destabilize the system at anything more than modest penetration levels. Using energy storage can help renewables achieve much higher levels of penetration to maximize fuel savings. This article describes the control strategies for such systems and the particular challenges of Arctic installations. Recent projects in Colville Lake, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and Kotzebue, Alaska, are outlined.", "doi": "10.1109/MELE.2018.2849843", "pmid": null, "venue": "IEEE Electrification Magazine", "citedByCount": 9, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": 2, "fullTextUrl": null } ], "warnings": [] }, { "queryIndex": 4, "papers": [ { "elicitId": "ss-206535632", "title": "Automated inspection for remote telerobotic operations", "authors": [ "K. Prasad", "J. 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Johnson" ], "year": 2005, "abstract": "In this paper we describe a distributed computational architecture and robotic system to accomplish autonomous space vehicle exterior inspection and teleoperated maintenance using an untethered hexapod for perpetual locomotion on a variety of common spacecraft exterior surfaces. Metrics are provided to support the performance improvement expected for this prototype system relative to conventional techniques applied to some common extravehicular activity (EVA) tasks. Comparison systems include human EVA, conventional robotic arms, and free-flying inspection nanosats. Novel techniques for microgravity legged locomotion are described which build upon demonstrations at JSC 1 , JPL, and CMU. 2 In addition, an innovative approach to autonomous inspection sensor data communication and processing for incorporation into Integrated Vehicle Health Management systems 3 is examined. Finally, the human element is addressed by our description of the supervision station as part of a system of systems with sliding autonomy 4 tailored to meet mission requirements with minimal recurring cost and crew workload for the AWIMR system.", "doi": "10.2514/6.2005-6919", "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 4, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-292434038", "title": "Robot-Assisted Deployment and Maintenance of Inflatable Modules for Lunar Habitation: A Field Demonstration", "authors": [ "Kentaro Uno", "Shamistan Karimov", "Ashutosh Mishra", "Elian Neppel", "Hazal Gozbasi", "Shreya Santra", "S. Kimura", "Kazuya Yoshida" ], "year": 2026, "abstract": "Long-term human habitation and in-situ development on the Moon open a new era of space utilization. In this context, robots are a key technology for facilitating the construction of future human outposts. Toward the deployment and establishment of human habitation modules on the lunar surface, we propose a combined system consisting of inflatable modules and a modular, reconfigurable robotic system. This paper presents a report demonstrating various robot-assisted task executions using real hardware, namely the modular and reconfigurable robot MoonBot and the inflatable module HIDAS, to enhance the reliability of their deployment and maintenance. The demonstrated tasks include robotic inspection during inflation, module position alignment, final safety locking, and three-dimensional mapping for post-deployment maintenance. All demonstrations were conducted either in a laboratory environment or at a lunar analogue test site. Finally, lessons learned are discussed to provide essential insights for this robotic application to future lunar habitation.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 0, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-14842748", "title": "Autonomous Robotic Inspection for Lunar Surface Operations", "authors": [ "M. Bualat", "L. Edwards", "T. Fong", "M. Broxton", "Lorenzo Flueckiger", "Susan Y. Lee", "Eric Park", "V. To", "H. Utz", "V. Verma", "C. Kunz", "M. MacMahon" ], "year": 2007, "abstract": "In this paper, we describe NASA Ames Research Center’s K10 rover as used in the 2006 Coordinated Field Demonstration at Meteor Crater, Arizona. We briefly discuss the control software architecture and describe a high dynamic range imaging system and panoramic display system used for the remote inspection of an EVA crew vehicle.", "doi": "10.1007/978-3-540-75404-6_16", "pmid": null, "venue": "International Symposium on Field and Service Robotics", "citedByCount": 15, "urls": [ "http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub4/bualat_maria_2007_1/bualat_maria_2007_1.pdf" ], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": "http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub4/bualat_maria_2007_1/bualat_maria_2007_1.pdf" }, { "elicitId": "ss-6881681", "title": "Skyworker: Robotics for Space Assembly, Inspection and Maintenance", "authors": [ "Saijoun Skaff", "P. Staritz", "W. Whittaker" ], "year": 2001, "abstract": "Ambitions to explore and develop space call for the assembly and servicing of diverse in-space facilities. Robots will assemble future stations, spacecraft and facilities that are orders of magnitude larger, more complex and more remote than those of today. Profiled here is Skyworker research developing robotic technologies for the assembly, inspection, and maintenance of large space facilities.", "doi": null, "pmid": null, "venue": null, "citedByCount": 10, "urls": [], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": null }, { "elicitId": "ss-280048219", "title": "Design of a Modular Mobile Inspection and Maintenance Robot for an Orbital Servicing Hub", "authors": [ "Tianyuan Wang", "Mark A. Post", "Mathieu Deremetz" ], "year": 2025, "abstract": "The use of autonomous robots in space is an essential part of the\"New Space\"commercial ecosystem of assembly and re-use of space hardware components in Earth orbit and beyond. The STARFAB project aims to create a ground demonstration of an orbital automated warehouse as a hub for sustainable commercial operations and servicing. A critical part of this fully-autonomous robotic facility will be the capability to monitor, inspect, and assess the condition of both the components stored in the warehouse, and the STARFAB facility itself. This paper introduces ongoing work on the STARFAB Mobile Inspection Module (MIM). The MIM uses Standard Interconnects (SI) so that it can be carried by Walking Manipulators (WM) as an independently-mobile robot, and multiple MIMs can be stored and retrieved as needed for operations on STARFAB. The MIM carries high-resolution cameras, a 3D profilometer, and a thermal imaging sensor, with the capability to add other modular sensors. A grasping tool and torque wrench are stored within the modular body for use by an attached WM for maintenance operations. Implementation and testing is still ongoing at the time of writing. This paper details the concept of operations for the MIM as an on-orbit autonomous inspection and maintenance system, the mechanical and electronic design of the MIM, and the sensors package used for non-destructive testing.", "doi": "10.48550/arXiv.2507.14059", "pmid": null, "venue": "arXiv.org", "citedByCount": 0, "urls": [ "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14059" ], "studyTypeTags": [], "journalQuartile": null, "fullTextUrl": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14059" } ], "warnings": [] } ] }