Surface avatar

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti working on the ESA/DLR Surface Avatar experiments testing teleoperation of the Justin robot with a slick haptic interface (“force feedback”) and different degrees of robot autonomy. Samantha posted this image to his social media channels on 8 June 2022 with the caption: "More and more, robots and humans will explore together. This is Surface Avatar - testing teleoperation of the Justin robot with a slick haptic interface (“force feedback”) and different degrees of robot autonomy. Was fun!"

Visit Minerva mission page to learn more about Samantha's mission.