Rover Tele-science Interface

Between 1998-and 2000 we created tele-science interfaces for the BigSignal Project at Carnegie Mellon University. BigSignal was a web interface for NASA’s Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites, an autonomous robotic search for meteorites in Antarctica. In addition to the creation of a user friendly web site containing contextual information about Antarctica, the robot, and the mission, this site contained a Java interface for dynamic visualization of science data for educational purposes. This Java interface ran on all 4.0+ browsers. The Tele-science interface was used by over 1500 students.was used by over 1500 students.

Our core technology is currently used in several systems that are licensed to our end users:

* EventScope Viewer
* EventScope Authoring Tool
* EventScope Museum Viewer
* TerrainScope
* BigSignal Rover Interface

develops core virtual presence technology to support communication and collaboration. Our work is applicable to…

• NASA Rover Missions
• Robotics Research
• Science Visualizations
• Education
• Museum Exhibits
• Telerobotic Science Operations
• Much more…

Between 1998-and 2000 we created telescience interfaces for the BigSignal Project at Carnegie Mellon University. BigSignal was a web interface for NASA’s Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites, an autonomous robotic search for meteorites in Antarctica. In addition to the creation of a user friendly web site containing contextual information about Antarctica, the robot, and the mission, this site contained a Java interface for dynamic visualization of science data for educational purposes. This Java interface ran on all 4.0+ browsers. The Tele-science interface was used by over 1500 students.

During the Life in the Atacama 2004 robotic astrobiology mission to the Chilean Atacama Desert, the rover, built at Carnegie Mellon University, will be guided by a science team using a Remote-Experience-based interface for telescience. The interface enables scientists and the public to experience the Atacama environment through the eyes and various sensors of the rover.

The TerrainScope Level of Detail Viewer created in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center contains multi resolution orbital data sets. The currently available Mars and Earth data sets allow users to visually explore multi-level (zoom in / zoom out) geographical data for Earth and Mars in a 3D immersive environment.