NASA Rover and Telerobotics Technology Program

This paper summarizes salient activities within the NASA Telerobotics Program, emphasizing complete telerobotic system prototypes which have been built and tested in realistic scenarios relevant to prospective users. The paper also describes complementary developments in longer-term component technologies.<<ETX>>

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