{"id":171813,"date":"2019-11-04T17:10:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T09:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1809282\/"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T09:10:07","slug":"astronaut-smart-glove-could-control-drones-on-moon-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/04\/astronaut-smart-glove-could-control-drones-on-moon-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Smart Glove Could Control Drones on Moon, Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Demonstration of how an Astronaut Smart Glove might the single-handed teleoperation of complex robotic assets such as drones (via Haughton-Mars Project\/Pascal Lee)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) has successfully field tested an “astronaut smart glove” for exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prototype for a human-machine interface (HuMI) allows cosmonauts to wirelessly operate robotic assets\u2014including drones\u2014via simple hand gestures.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration last month unveiled new Artemis Generation spacesuits<\/a>, designed to keep people comfortable and safe on the Moon’s surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, as SETI Institute pointed out<\/a>, spacesuits will likely “remain fundamentally cumbersome,” limiting the dexterity and precision with which interstellar travelers perform tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n

“A smart glove-equipped spacesuit could be a solution,” Pascal Lee, a planetary scientist with SETI and the Mars Institute, said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The smart glove technology, developed by Ntention, was integrated into a concept spacesuit for Moon and Mars exploration (via Haughton-Mars Project\/Pascal Lee)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“With it,” he continued, “astronauts could easily control a range of robotic assets, making science and exploration operations on the Moon, Mars, and at other destinations more effective and productive.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Startup Ntention, run by students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, developed the smart glove tested in HMP’s 2019 field campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our philosophy is to create technology that makes human-machine interfacing intuitive and seamless,” Ntention COO Moina Medboe Tamuly said. “Now, we are excited to see that our technology has potential applications in space exploration.”<\/span><\/p>\n

After seeing a demonstration of the glove for terrestrial applications, Lee suggested it could be applied to an astronaut’s spacesuit.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When I first saw Ntention’s smart glove in action, I immediately thought of Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law: ‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,’” Lee said.<\/span><\/p>\n