Descriptive psychology (DP) provides an explicit, detailed, and extensively tested conceptual structure that applies equally to biological and nonbiological individuals. Therefore, it is potentially a foundation-level theory for robotics. This project aims to demonstrate the applicability of the DP framework to an existing robotic system designed for space mission activities. It also plans to use this framework to design increased functionality into the selected robotic system and to delineate a development path for making existing systems more functional and more human-like.Potential applications are remote and hazardous manufacturing; ocean exploration; exploration, exploitation of and working in hazardous environments; mining; construction in hazardous environments; robotic manufacturing; commercial robotics; and materials production in hazardous environments.robotics, behavior, automation, descriptive psychology, artificial intelligence, parametric analysis, expert systems, teleroboticsSTATUS: Phase I Only
