An Overview of the touchscreen interface developed for the Mars Exploration Rover Missions

1. MERBoard Touchscreen for
Mars Rover Operations
2001
Jay Trimble
jtrimble2@gmail.com
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2. Six years before iPhone, a Touchscreen for Mars
Rover Operations
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3. • 8 months from concept to initial deployment
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4. User Interface Overview
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5. Whiteboard
Share, e-mail, save,
retrieve, ubiquitous
access, owners, versions
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6. Whiteboard in Surface Ops
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7. Image Viewing and Markup
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8. Long Term Mission Plans
Before MERBoard
With MERBoard
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9. Presentations
Before MERBoard
With MERBoard
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10. Display
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11. xBoard
• MERBoard was
generalized into the
xBoard platform,used
by the International
Space Station mission
control team, the xBoard for Space Station
Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research
Institute, and for field
tests for advanced
rover design
xBoard for Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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12. System Architecture
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13. Awards, Papers
• Best Paper, Pervasive Computing 2006
• NASA Space Act Award 2004
• Ames Honor Award 2003
• Book Chapter, NASA’s MERBoard, Public and Situated
Displays, Social and Interactional Aspects of Shared Display
Technologies, 2003
• Invited Talk, National Research Council 2003
• Ames Technology Infusion Award 2002
• Best Paper, IBM MakeITEasy, 2002
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