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A An Assessment of Wireless PROXIMITY NETWORKS for Space Applications

This paper has one and only one objective: to raise the awareness of those involved with robotics and autonomous systems for space and with future missions, of the desirable technical characteristics and feasibility, moreover the likelihood of PROXIMITY NETWORKS to be utilised for advanced robotics in several domains. These domains are: planetary surface and sub-surface exploration and analysis, human-robot cooperative robotics, heterogeneous and homogeneous cooperative robotics, robotic agents, in-situ analysis, on orbit assembly, fractionated spacecraft, among several others. This paper presents only the briefest summary of the full Dossier Annex A (approximately 106 pages total), consisting of PROXIMITY NETWORKS classifications, detailed use descriptions, deployment scenarios, desirable characteristics, survey of current state-of –the-art wireless technologies, survey of known European Space projects vs. technologies interest, conclusions and recommendations, and a final section on wireless trends for the future. The Dossier Annex A is extensively referenced (approaching near 190 references), incorporating ESA and EU space industry progress as well as NASA views and progress on the subject. This entire ASTRA paper may be viewed as an abstract for the full Dossier Annex A.