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A NASA Expert Explains How Robots Help Humans in Space

When it comes to space, humans and robots go way back. NASA is even working on a new generation of robots that will help us explore in advanced and novel ways. With NASA’s CADRE — Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration — project, a new network of mini rovers could enable future autonomous robotic exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Watch this video to hear NASA’s Subha Comandur explain more.

“CADRE robots could complement NASA’s larger planetary robots and rovers,” said Sonny Mitchell  , a program element manager for NASA’s Game Changing Development Program, which funds the project. “Multiple small, autonomous robots could cover more ground, potentially helping us map unexplored regions on the Moon.”

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    00:00:00 Do robots help humans in space? We Asked a NASA Technologist. Yes, robots have been helping  humans in space for a long time. We've sent rovers to Mars, spacecraft  to orbit other planets; robots have   even been helping astronauts on  the International Space Station. One of the really cool things  about robots is they can help   humans do repetitive or even dangerous tasks. With Artemis, NASA's working to build a  sustainable human presence on the Moon,   and robots will be an important part of that. They will help build new structures,  perform inspections, gather data from  

    00:00:30 previously unexplored areas and perform science  experiments to help us understand the environment. And now we're making even more  advanced, intelligent and agile robots. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,  we're working on a project  called CADRE, short for Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration,   to demonstrate a new technology of  cooperative, multi-agent autonomy. CADRE is a network of shoe-box-sized mobile  robots that will coordinate amongst each other   to accomplish a goal, such as exploring or mapping  an area. Without a human controller in the loop, this technology will change the  way we think about missions in   the future and unlock immense opportunities. They could explore areas that are  not easily accessible for humans,  

    00:01:12 like lava tubes or icy caves or subsurface  oceans in search of water and other minerals. And it would be okay even if a robot  doesn't make it back out because it   would have shared its data with the rest of the team. So do robots help humans in space? Yes.  And at NASA we're building a whole new   fleet of robots that are going to help  humans explore the Moon, Mars and beyond. We Asked a NASA Technologist. NASA. A NASA 360 production.