SEASAT
RTOP
SMU
SRI
STDN
USGS

ocean resources satellite
research and technology objectives and plans
systems machine unit
Stanford Research Institute
space tracking data network
US Geological Survey

Contents

Preface ..

Foreword

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Machine Intelligence and Robotics. Members of the NASA Study Group.
June 1977-September 1979

IV. Applications of Machine Intelligence and Robotics in the

Space Program.

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E. The art of artificial intelligence – Themes and case studies of
knowledge engineering

Edward A. Feigenbaum

E-1

F. Remarks on the relationship between artificial intelligence and
cognitive psychology

Allen Newell

F.1

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Mars surface robot will operate for 2 years and travel about 1000 km
performing experiments automatically and sending the scientific
information back to Earth ...

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4-3

Artist's concept of a Mars surface scientific processing and sample return
facility...
Seasat

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4-4

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4-5

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Large space systems require robot and automation technology for
fabrication, assembly, and construction in space
Large space antennas are erected with the help of a space-based
construction platform

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4-7

Construction of a space station

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4-8

Complex construction facility in space with automatic beam builders,
cranes, manipulators, etc., is served by the Shuttle

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4-9

Space construction of large antenna systems with automated
tools, teleoperated manipulators, and free-flying robots

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4-10 Automated material processors on the lunar surface are serviced

by robot vehicles with raw lunar soil

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Data storage technology

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4-1

Estimates of the technology development efforts to automate system
functions

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6-1

R&D of the Big Seven Computer Companies

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