title: Robots and humans: synergy in planetary exploration.
abstract: How will humans and robots cooperate in future planetary exploration? Are humans and robots fundamentally separate modes of exploration, or can humans and robots work together to synergistically explore the solar system? It is proposed that humans and robots can work together in exploring the planets by use of telerobotic operation to expand the function and usefulness of human explorers, and to extend the range of human exploration to hostile environments.
authors.affiliation: NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA. geoffrey.a.landis@nasa.gov
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Landis
mesh_terms: D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D018478:Extravehicular Activity; D006801:Humans; D018538:Jupiter; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D018535:Mars; D012371:Robotics; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018536:Venus