Re:A new Moon race has begun
by ceejayoz on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:12PM
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I don't think we have to go that far, though.
Humans operating a remote robot on the Moon is a feasible concept, but there's a lot of remaining work on telepresence to be done. Haptic feedback, VR, robotic finger dexterity.
Full autonomy isn't necessary with the Moon's time lag. It'll be required if you want to do the robotic factory approach on Mars or the asteroid belt or something.
Humans operating a remote robot on the Moon is a feasible concept, but there's a lot of remaining work on telepresence to be done. Haptic feedback, VR, robotic finger dexterity.
Full autonomy isn't necessary with the Moon's time lag. It'll be required if you want to do the robotic factory approach on Mars or the asteroid belt or something.