Telepresence technology will enable a revolutionary collaborative model where humans and robots work together, leveraging their unique strengths to extend humanity’s reach into space during this New Era of Space Exploration. The telepresence operations framework allows humans to apply their skills and expertise to complex problems remotely while utilizing the resilience of robots. Telepresence can be applied in various space operations, creating the impression that crew members and ground personnel are present in a different location. 

Possible applications include:

- Planetary Exploration

- Satellite Servicing and Repair

- In-Space Construction and Assembly

- In-station and spacecraft crew support and operations

- Asteroid Exploration

- Medical Care

- Resource Utilization

In this full-day Workshop, we will host experts in different aspects of telepresence for space exploration, from communications, to AI, to robotics who will give invited talks and provide their advice and guidance in an expert panel, followed by technical talks from other experts who submitted papers to the Workshop and were peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. We will conclude with a round-table discussion on the roadmap to enable this New Era of Space Exploration within the next 20-30 years.

Motivation

Telepresence technology will enable a revolutionary collaborative model where humans and robots work together, leveraging their unique strengths to extend humanity’s reach into space during this New Era of Space Exploration. In the next 2-3 decades, a lunar economy, particularly in cis-lunar space, is expected to emerge, driven by advanced space robots and telepresence technologies. These robots are anticipated to possess high levels of autonomy and eventually exhibit superior intelligence. This Workshop aims to bring experts from interdisciplinary domains to discuss how to best reach the New Era of Space Exploration.