{"id":371555,"date":"2023-06-23T13:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=371555"},"modified":"2023-07-26T11:25:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:25:51","slug":"human-exploration-telerobotics-het","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/tdm\/human-exploration-telerobotics-het\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Exploration Telerobotics (HET)Human Exploration TeleroboticsHuman Exploration Telerobotics (HET)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center 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width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHuman Exploration Telerobotics (HET)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 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\/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Forging a permanent human presence in space requires a great deal of groundwork to be laid — from deeper understanding of all our future destinations and their environments to extra sets of “eyes” and “hands” that help and protect our astronauts during their journeys in space and long-term expeditions on other worlds. To that end, NASA and its partners rely on a variety of highly capable, versatile and sophisticated robots to investigate worlds beyond our own, refine tools, technologies and systems, complement the work of human astronauts — and prepare the way for crewed missions to the farthest reaches of the solar system.<br><br>The Human Exploration Telerobotics (HET) Technology Demonstration Mission is demonstrating how telerobotics — remote control of a variety of robotic arms, rovers and other devices — can take routine, highly repetitive, dangerous or long-duration tasks out of human hands, and improve and hasten human space exploration missions to new destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robots On Way to Help Astronauts Work, Explore and Live in Space\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ThOND5mVSxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team, led by NASA’s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/ames\/home\/index.html\">Ames Research Center<\/a> in Moffett Field, Calif., is testing robots remotely operated by controllers on the ground or by astronauts in space. Two of these robots — <a href=\"http:\/\/robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Robonaut 2<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/spheres.html\">“Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites,” or SPHERES<\/a> — are aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\">International Space Station<\/a>. Others, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/ames\/K10\">K10 planetary rover<\/a>, operate at NASA field centers. All these projects will provide crucial new insight into the requirements, benefits, limitations, costs and risks of integrating telerobotics into future deep-space exploration missions. Researchers also will be better able to coordinate human and robot activities to maximize crew safety, mission success and scientific return on investment.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1275&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1275&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1275&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=300&h=199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=768&h=510&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=1024&h=680&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1020&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=400&h=266&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=600&h=398&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=900&h=598&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss036e029140\/iss036e029140~large.jpg?w=1200&h=797&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, wears tele-operation gear consisting of a vest, gloves and visor to telerobotically test Robonaut 2’s maneuvers. Cassidy was able to manipulate R2?s head, neck, arms and fingers telerobotically through his own movements as well as through verbal commands.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Human Exploration Telerobotics team also is leading testing of new Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) software for telerobotics to improve network connectivity and minimize delays in data delivery between computers on the ground and robots in space. The innovative DTN solution is helping NASA and other space agencies create a “Space Internet” with broad applications for all future robotic and human operations in space. The team also collaborates with industry to increase the use of open-source software and open standards for robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human Exploration Telerobotics research will continue through 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HET project is sponsored by NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/home\/index.html\">Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/a> and is managed by NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/ames\/home\/index.html\">Ames Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forging a permanent human presence in space requires a great deal of groundwork to be laid — from deeper understanding of all our future destinations and their environments to extra sets of “eyes” and “hands” that help and protect our astronauts during their journeys in space and long-term expeditions on other worlds. 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