Remote Agent as Applied to the Deep Space 1 Spacecraft

A report presents updated information about the Remote Agent — a reusable artificial-intelligence software system that was described in “A Remote Agent Prototype for Spacecraft Autonomy” (NPO-19992), NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 21, No. 3 (March 1997), page 106. This system was conceived to enable spacecraft to operate robustly with minimal human supervision, even in the face of hardware failures or unexpected events. It also is expected to offer similar benefits for communication networks, chemical plants, and other complex systems on Earth.