Astrobee - Executive Summary.pdf

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Astrobee – Executive Summary

OZ3/Henry Orosco ISS Research Portfolio Manager henry.y.orosco@nasa.gov April 3, 2024

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Astrobee Overview

• An ISS Astrobee Facility provides a free-flying robotic system for ISS research and ISS STEM outreach. The Astrobee free-flying robotic system consists of three cubed-shaped robots, software, and a docking station used for recharging.

Chris Cassidy, GMT 248 2020 Free Flyers on Docking Station, JEM GMT 070 2024

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Astrobee Technology Demonstrations and STEM Outreach

• Autonomous Logistics Management with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Reconnaissance

• (Recon)RFID Recon (NASA AES/REALM-2) Technology for autonomous caretaking of spacecraft primarily during uncrewed mission phases, ISS Panoramic Imagery Link

• ISAAC (NASA STMD-GCD/ARC)

• Gecko material grasping and safe trajectory optimization

• Gecko (NASA STMD/Stanford)

• Annual Kibo Robot Programming Challenge for STEM Education

• JAXA 5thKibo-RPC ink

• Spacecraft On-Orbit Refueling and Storage

• SOARS (ISS NL/Zero-g Horizons)

• Docking for Rendezvous Proximity Operations

• CLINGERS(ISS NL/JPL-USC)

• Annual ISS Programing Challenge for STEM Education

• Zero Robotics (ISS NL/MIT)

• Sensor payload to support multi-resolution 3D scanning

• Multi-Resolution Scanner (MRS) (ISS NL/CSIRO)

• Space debris removal system in microgravity.

• REACCH (ISS NL/KMI)

• Advanced Free-Flyer Maneuvers for self-toss and retrieval of cargo with inaccurate inertia estimates

• Astrobatics (NASA-DoD/Naval Postgraduate School)

• Algorithms for collaborative behavior between multiple robots in space including cargo transfer

• Astroporter (NASA-STMD/Tethers Unlimited)

• Gecko material grasping

• REGGAE (ISS NL/NanoRacks-Braunschweig)

• Autonomous rendezvous with non-cooperative tumbling targets

• ROAM (ISS NL/MIT-DLR)

• Algorithms for safe on-orbit assembly, logistics, and cooperative control

• ReSWARM (ISS NL/MIT)

• Beacon-assisted vision-based navigation for formation flight

• SVGS (NASA STMD/FIT)

• 3D Acoustic Monitoring

• SoundSee (ISS NL/Astrobotic-Bosch)

Payloads in ISS Integration or Operational

Completed Investigations https://www-stage.nasa.gov/specials/pano/pannellum.htm?config=tour.json

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ISS Astrobee Facility Overview

• Concept of ops summary

• Dock battery recharging when idle

• Autonomously undock, survey multiple modules, return to dock, and no crew supervision

• 1215 hours of ISS On-Orbit operation

Capabilities

• Localization S/W used to execute autonomously

• All electric + fan-based propulsion

• Three payload bays for expansion

• Payload power, 14.4 V, 2 A nominal

• Certified to carry 1 kg of payload mass

• P/L software supported by CPU: Snapdragon 820, 4 cores, 2.2GHzRAM: 4GB

• Robot arm for “perching”

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Astrobee Inventory

• On ISS:

• Two Astrobees (Bumble & Honey), One Dock

• On Ground, available for flight

• Queen (at Ames for repairs) will be ready for flight by August 2024

• Flight-Spare (at JSC)

• Spare parts equivalent to four additional Astrobee builds, with a few items missing

• Ground Lab assets (not for flight):

• Two Astrobee’s, One Dock

Name Status

Flat Sat A Operational

Flight 1,3 In Space, Operational

Flight 2 On Ground, In Repair

Flight Spare Operational, at JSC

Cert (B#) Operational

Ground (Wannabee) Operational

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Summary

• Proven facility

• 1215 hours of operation

• Spares to support through end of ISS

• Capable of supporting a variety of free flyer tech demos and stem outreach activities

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QUESTIONS?

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Back Up

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On-Orbit Activities (since April 2023)

AB137: ZR Tech Demo 2 May 02

AB138: UAE ZR Dry Run May 16

AB139: Kibo RPC Tech Rehearsal 1 May 30

AB140: ZR Tech Demo 3 June 07

AB141: UAE ZR Finals June 23

AB142: Kibo RPC Tech Rehearsal 1.5 June 27

AB143: ZR Unit Test June 28

AB144: Crew Minimal S11 July 03

AB145: Crew Minimal S12 July 21

AB146: ZR Dry Run July 26

AB147: ZR Finals Aug. 03

AB148: Kibo RPC Tech Rehearsal 2 Aug. 16

AB149: Honey Checkout Aug. 30

AB150: Crew Minimal S13 Sept. 07

AB151: Kibo RPC Finals Sept. 13

AB152: Dock Station Repair Sept. 28

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Hardware and Lab Status

• Granite Lab: Online • Flight Lab: Online

• Engineering Evaluation Lab (EEL): Available upon request

Name Status

Flat Sat A Operational

Flight 1,2 (Bumble, Honey) In Space, Operational

Flight 3 (Queen) On Ground, repair TBD

Flight Spare Operational

Cert (B#) Operational

Ground (Wannabee) Operational

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What is a panorama image?

https://www-stage.nasa.gov/specials/pano/pannellum.htm?config=tour.json This interactive google-street-view like interface for ISS 360-degree panoramas can significantly enhance vehicle caretaking and ground operator situational awareness https://www-stage.nasa.gov/specials/pano/pannellum.htm?config=tour.json

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