Aouda.X, spacesuit simulator for planetary surface exploration

With a helmet featuring a Head-Up Display (HUD), full air circulation with carbon dioxide control, medical monitoring for safety, joints and gloves emulating the stiffness of a real suit and radio equipment, Aouda.X is a perfect way to simulate extravehicular activity on a planetary surface.

An advanced human-machine interface, a set of sensors and purpose-designed software act as a local virtual assistant to the wearer. It is designed to interact with other field components like the rover and instruments.

System Overview

• Mass less than 45 kg
• Hard-Upper-Torso suit with ambient air ventilation
• Outer hull: Panox/Kevlar tissue with aluminium coating
• Modifiable exoskeleton able to simulate various pressure regimes for all major human joints, including fingers
• Biomedical and engineering telemetry with W-Lan (including continuous video & audio, various temperatures, CO2, GPS, air pressure, humidity, acceleration), human waste management
• Advanced human-machine interface including speech recognition and accelerometer input devices in the gloves
• Voltage: various busses, 12 V main bus; 5 GHz W-Lan band for back-up analogue radio for contingency situations

Performance envelope

• Endurance 4-6 hours (including donning/doffing) field operations
• Temperature limits: -110°C and +35°C (tested)
• W-Lan range up to 1 km (can be extended with directional W-Lan)