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Replicating the Remote Environment of a Proxy Robot
20170129105 · 2017-05-11 ·

A method and system for exploring a remote environment from an environment simulator or terrain replicator at a local base on Earth is disclosed. The system includes: at least one proxy robot in the remote environment with a near-field video camera and a high resolution 360-degree far field video camera; at least one additional surveillance means at the remote environment to capture images and data pertaining to the remote environment; an aggregator means to aggregate video from the cameras on the at least one proxy robot with the images and data from the at least one additional surveillance means; a transmitter means at the remote environment to transmit the aggregated video and data signals over a path to the local base; a receiver means at the local base to receive the aggregated video and data signals from the remote environment; a terrain analysis computer at the local base to receive and process the aggregated video and data signals to generate therefrom a 360-degree approximated real time (ART) video field precisely representing a terrain surrounding the at least one proxy robot in the remote environment; a display means in the environment simulator or the terrain replicator at the local base to receive and display the ART video field for at least one user; a full body motion capture suit means in the environment simulator or the terrain replicator marked to a plurality of dimensions of the at least one user, wherein activities performed virtually in the environment simulator or the terrain replicator represent the identical activities to be performed by the proxy robot in the terrain of the remote environment; a plurality of motion capture video cameras to capture video signals representing each move or position change in the full body motion capture suit; a follow-me data computer to receive the video signals from the plurality of motion capture video cameras, wherein the follow-me data computer processes the motion capture video signals into a follow-me data train for transmission to a follow-me data translator at the remote environment, and wherein the follow-me data computer further generates and directs data representing changes in the full body motion capture suit back to the terrain analysis computer for continuous updating of the ART video for the display means in the environment simulator or the terrain replicator to reflect position changes from the full body motion capture suit; a follow-me data translator at the remote environment to translate the follow-me data train into data code addressable to each electro-mechanical hinge, motor and synthetic muscle in the at least one proxy robot and cause the proxy robot to move through the remot

Space exploration with human proxy robots
09573276 · 2017-02-21 ·

A system and method of space exploration with a human-controlled proxy robot surrogates is disclosed. The method includes: training the human controlled proxy robot surrogates using human handlers; controlling the human-controlled proxy robot surrogates using the human handlers; and deploying a plurality of human-controlled proxy robot surrogates for extraterrestrial missions, missions on Earth, the Moon, and near-Earth locations. Each of the human-controlled proxy robot surrogates are in communication with each of the human handlers and wherein each one of the plurality of proxy robot surrogates is paired with each one of the plurality of human handlers. The human-controlled proxy robot surrogates further comprise an artificial intelligence (AI). The artificial intelligence of the disclosed method includes learned behavior.

LAUNCH APPARATUS
20170036782 · 2017-02-09 ·

A launch apparatus comprising a second stage and a first stage wherein said second stage comprises a second stage space frame; wherein said first stage comprises a first stage space frame; wherein said second stage space frame is approximately pyramid shaped; and wherein said first stage space frame is shaped like a truncated pyramid; and wherein the overall shape of the combined second stage space frame and first stage space frame is pyramidal.

System and method for monitoring gamma-ray spectroscopy data from satellites

In order to collect and analyze data from the gamma-ray spectrometer of a lunar exporation satellite in real time, the present disclosure provides a system for monitoring gamma-ray spectrometer data from a satellite, comprising: a data collection unit configured to collect a raw data including a gamma-ray data from a planetary exploration satellite having a gamma-ray spectrometer; an environment setting unit configured to set and input a time range for monitoring and a display environment; a data processing unit configurd to store a filing data in which the raw data collected based on the inputted time range is classified and processed by time and by item; and a visualization unit configured to visualize the stored filing data as a graphic data.