THE PROPOSED INNOVATION, AN ASTRONAUT AGENT, WILL FULFILL SEVERAL ONBOARD FUNCTIONS AND WILL AID THE ASTRON…

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THE PROPOSED INNOVATION, AN ASTRONAUT AGENT, WILL FULFILL SEVERAL ONBOARD FUNCTIONS AND WILL AID THE ASTRONAUTS IN SEVERAL WAYS. IT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AND MONITOR ALL SENSOR VALUES, CAMERA VIEWS, AND INFORMATION FROM EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT WILL USE THESE DATA TO DETECT UNSAFE CONDITIONS, FAULTS, AND ANOMALIES AND TO DIAGNOSE THE ROOT CAUSES AND AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFY THE CREW, RECONFIGURE EQUIPMENT, CALL UP NECESSARY PROCEDURES, AND ADD TASKS TO THE SCHEDULE, AS APPROPRIATE. THE ASTRONAUT AGENT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE COMMANDS TO THE VARIOUS SPACECRAFT SUBSYSTEMS AND COMMAND AND MONITOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ROBOTICS IN ORDER TO OFFLOAD TASKING FROM THE HUMAN ASTRONAUTS. IT WILL AID ASTRONAUTS BY OFF-LOADING SOME PROCEDURE STEPS, WHILE VERBALLY AND/OR GRAPHICALLY STEPPING THE ASTRONAUT THROUGH OTHERS, AT THE SAME TIME MONITORING IMPORTANT SENSOR VALUES AND CAMERA VIEWS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROCEDURE. IT WILL BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE/RE-PLAN THE MASTER ONBOARD CREW/RESOURCE TIMELINE AS REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTANCES OR AS REQUESTED BY THE CREW. IT WILL PROVIDE A USER-FRIENDLY, NATURAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN AND GESTURE INTERFACE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE REQUESTS. IT WILL USE COMMONSENSE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND/OR MOST URGENT AND WHETHER TO NOTIFY (WHICH) CREWMEMBERS.