Abstract

Our study addresses issues on association of real behavior manifestations and virtual behavior conceptions with a specific methodology-based solution. Human ethology treats of the interfaces with the goal to analyze optimal relationships between the individual and the environment in the case of crews’ adaptation to long-duration spaceflights. We assume the efficiency of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in this problematic. Ethological method consists in observation, description and quantification of the motor, individual, social, spatial and verbal behaviors in usual activities, working tasks or experimental tests. Discussion suggests steps of relevant methodological applications and related technological innovations in the approach of adequacies or peculiarities inherent to humans’ daily life situations or to humanoids’ daily life imitations. From an interdisciplinary perspective, prospects are for physical support, psychological support and operational support contributing to the well-being of future travelers in deep space.

Keywords:Ethology; Methods; Human behavior; Optimization; Virtual reality; Artificial intelligence; Well-being; Moon and mars missions; Long-duration space exploration