Project

We worked with the HCI group at NASA Ames Research center to build a collaborative planning tool for rover navigation. Based on a field test that occurred over the summer, our prototype is designed to allow scientists to quickly plan activities for a lunar reconnaissance rover by clearly communicating what observations they want to do and why.

The simulation: In order to test the success of our design, we simulated a streamlined version of the lunar reconnaissance rover field test that we observed earlier in the summer. The goal of the design was to help scientists communicate to the flight team what observations they want to do and why, so the simulation was centered around the ability for scientists to build a plan and express their intent, and for the flight team to interpret and execute that intent.