Progress in pictures

Collaborative Exploration

The Mantis (DFKI) and Veles (PIAP-Space) collaboratively explore a lunar analogue terrain, building a map of the environment, during the remote demonstration.

Mobile Gantry

The Mobile Gantry uses its end effector to move payloads.

Mantis Grabbing

The Mantis can grab and move heavy objects, such as the lander mockup at DFKI.

Panda Robots Collaborating

LAAS-CNRS demonstrated the collaborative manipulation and planning algorithms on two panda robots.

Veles Grading

The Veles prepares the lunar terrain removing obstacles and checking the progress in its map.

Collaborative Exploration

The PRO-ACT project focuses on collaborative operations between a team of robots to efficiently establish a Lunar outpost.

Working together toward common solutions

Group Photo – before social distancing.

This image was taken early in 2020 before social distancing measures were necessary.

Veles in action

Remotely working with Mantis

Close up of Hot Dock

Mantis – up close and detailed

Mantis in action

Team shots during Bremen testing Sept. 2020

Here you can see consortium members during testing in Bremen in September 2020. Credit: DFKI

Veles close up

Veles robot during testing at Bremen in September 2020. The image shows Veles moving out of its transporting cart into DFKI’s parking lot for initial outdoors testing of the sensors and the autonomous guidance performed with the Rover Guidance module. Credit: GMV

Gantry deployment. December 2020.

The photo shows a sequence of screenshots captured from SpaceApps while remotely controlling a deployment sequence of the Gantry developed by AVS. The test was carried out in December 2020 and was aimed at validating the software interface between the two partners. Credits: Space Applications Services

Mantis and Veles outdoors. Bremen testing Sept. 2020.

Photo shoot of Mantis and Veles outdoors during testing at Bremen in September 2020. The tests were performed to gather datasets to validate the self-positioning algorithms (CSLAM, VO and EKF / UKF) algorithms. The image shows both robots in the outdoors test scenario selected for testing near DFKI’s premises, that was adapted to be more representative of a Lunar environment. Credit: DFKI

Mantas and Veles at Bremen Sept. 2020

Photo shoot of Mantis with Veles in the background during testing at Bremen in September 2020. The tests were performed to gather datasets to validate the self-positioning algorithms (CSLAM, VO and EKF / UKF) algorithms. The image shows both robots in the outdoors test scenario selected for testing near DFKI’s premises, that was adapted to be more representative of a Lunar environment. Credit: DFKI

Mantis at the DFKI Lunar Hall

The photo shows the Mantis robot from DFKI in the new test-bed in the Lunar Hall at DFKI, during the remote tests in December 2020, performed to test partners’ software and collect additional datasets for future development. Credits: DFKI

early Preliminary Design Review Concurrent Engineering

Partners gathered at the PDR for concurrent engineering.

ProAct System Requirements Review

Partners bonded together at a social dinner after the SRR meeting

Concept in images

Concept art design of the cooperative assembly of an ISRU plant with 3 RWAs (Mantis, IBIS and mobile gantry) (Credit: Space Applications Services)

The team tackling the challenge at the System Requirements Review

The ProAct team together, with representatives from all consortium partners.