Automating CapCom using mobile agents and robotic assistants

A Collection of Technical Papers - 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 835-874

  Clancey, William J ^a,h   Sierhuis, Maarten ^a,h   Alena, Richard L ^a,i   Berrios, Daniel ^b,i   Dowding, John ^b,j   Graham, Jeffrey S ^c,k   Tyree, Kim S ^c,l,m   Hirsh, Robert L ^c,l   Brent Garry, W ^d   Semple, Abigail ^d,h   Buckingham Shum, Simon J ^e   Shadbolt, Nigel ^f,h,n   Rupert, Shannon M ^g,o  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g MiraCosta College   (United States)

^h MS 269 3 ^*

ⁱ MS 269 1 ^*  (United States)

^j RIALIST Group   (United States)

^k S and K Technologies Inc

^l Intelligent Systems Branch   (United States)

^m AIAA   (United States)

ⁿ Multimedia Group

^o Physical Sciences   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISSION CONTROL; MOBILE AGENTS (MA); ROBOTIC ASSISTANTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 28744447151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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