NASA Telerobotics Program Plan

1.3 Goals and Objectives

The Telerobotics Program has achieved recognition as the premiere telerobotics development program in the United States, responding to opportunities presented by NASA space missions and systems, and seeding commercial applications of the emerging telerobotics technology. The primary goals of the program are:

Develop, integrate and demonstrate the science and technology of remote telerobotics leading to increases in operational capability, safety, cost effectiveness and probability of success of NASA missions.
Develop and demonstrate the required technology so that by the year 2004, 50% of the EVA-required operations on orbit and on planetary surfaces may be conducted telerobotically

To support this goal, the program has identified the following set of objectives:

Develop, demonstrate and evaluate space telerobotics technology for the three primary application areas: on-orbit servicing, science payload robotics, and planetary surface exploration.

Implement a technology flight experiment program to validate these technologies in space

Transfer these technologies to operational on-orbit and planetary exploration missions.

Transfer these technologies to terrestrial dual-use applications which contribute to the cost reduction of NASA ground operations and to the international economic competitiveness of the United States.

Develop an infrastructure of robotics experts and facilities to support the future development of these technologies.

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	Develop, demonstrate and evaluate space telerobotics technology for the three primary application areas: on-orbit servicing, science payload robotics, and planetary surface exploration.
	Implement a technology flight experiment program to validate these technologies in space
	Transfer these technologies to operational on-orbit and planetary exploration missions.
	Transfer these technologies to terrestrial dual-use applications which contribute to the cost reduction of NASA ground operations and to the international economic competitiveness of the United States.
	Develop an infrastructure of robotics experts and facilities to support the future development of these technologies.