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JRM Vol.29 No.5 p. 791
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2017.p0791
(2017)

Editorial:

Special Issue on AI, Robotics, and Automation in Space

Takashi Kubota, Kazuya Yoshida, Shinichi Kimura, and Takehisa Yairi

Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan
Professor, Tohoku University
6-6-01 Aramaki Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
Professor, Tokyo University of Science
2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

Published:
October 20, 2017

Many missions have been launched to explore the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and comets, and many researchers are studying and developing lunar and planetary rovers for unmanned planet exploration, and further cooperative missions targeting human lunar exploration are under discussion. A key technology in these missions and orbital services is space robotics, including Al and automation. Space robotics is expected to support external vehicular activities (EVA) and internal vehicular activities (IVA), which will include constructing, repairing, and maintaining orbiting satellites and space structures.

This special issue presents the updated mission results and advanced research activities of space organizations, institutes, and universities, although it does not include all. We hope that this special issue will be useful to readers as an introduction to advanced space robotics in Japan, and that more robotics and Al researchers and engineers will become interested in space robotics and participate in space missions.

We thank the authors for their fine contributions and the reviewers for their generous contributions of time and effort. In closing, we also thank the Editorial Board of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics for helping to make this issue possible.

Cite this article as:
T. Kubota, K. Yoshida, S. Kimura, and T. Yairi, “Special Issue on AI, Robotics, and Automation in Space,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.29 No.5, p. 791, 2017.
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