Moonwalk astronaut-robot cooperation during surface eva

The objective of the European Commission Project “MOONWALK” (H2020) was to develop robotastronaut cooperation techniques and test those in two specific analogue missions: one in Rio Tinto, Spain and another one underwater offshore Marseilles. In the frame of the project, a team of seven partners developed a simulation architecture including space suit simulators (“GANDOLFI”), a robotic scout vehicle (“YEMO”), biomonitoring techniques, sampling tools and a communication architecture allowing communication with a distance Mission Control Centre (MCC) based in Zaventem, Belgium. The paper and presentation will report on the mission simulations in Rio Tinto (Mars Mission) and Marseilles (Lunar mission). It will show the results of the project and give a vision on future work in this field where the test platforms developed in MOONWALK could be used for research or astronaut training.