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Terry Fong: The whole Astrobee system, these three

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free-flying robots are going to help us learn really

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how to improve the way that humans can live

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and work in space.

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By having robot partners to do work alongside

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and independent of humans.

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And they're a critical part of what I think we need

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long-term to establish a human presence in deep space.

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Terry Fong: The Astrobee system plays

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a key role for NASA.

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We're interested in understanding how robots

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can support human exploration, allowing people

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to better live and work in space.

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It's really clear that robots are a key part of that.

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They address a critical gap, that is, how to do

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things that humans just don't have time to do.

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How to do work that can only be done when robots

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are there and humans aren't present.

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Terry Fong: One of the most exciting things about

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Astrobee is that it's not a finished product,

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it's just a starting point.

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We designed the system so you can add new software

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and new hardware to it, that researchers at

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universities and companies and frankly anyone

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could contribute to the development of

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new robotic capabilities for the future.

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Jose Benavides: The reason we are launching

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three Astrobee units onto the Space Station is

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to enable all kinds of research that requires

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more than one unit.

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So, for example, automated docking; getting two

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spacecraft to dock with each other requires two.

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Formation flight; being able to control

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three free-flying spacecraft in close proximity

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with each other requires three units.

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So, we also are catering to researchers interested

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in collaborative robotics, getting multiple robots

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to work together to accomplish tasks

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on the Space Station.

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Cargo transfer, mobile camera work, sensor surveys,

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all of these things can benefit from having

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multiple Astrobees on Space Station.

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