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These technologies will increase the ability for crew members to oversee the operations of teams of robots during lunar and Martian missions and, in the nearer term, during analog experiments on Earth. The technologies might also help NASA project managers analyze project progress data to detect possible problems.","description":"We propose to develop a Visual Intelligent Robot Performance Monitor (VIRPM) that will help crew members maintain situation awareness of robot performance more effectively. VIRPM will provide intelligent assistance to crew members by detecting topical data that suggest possible problems (causes and effects), gathering additional topical data that provides supporting or rebutting evidence for each problem, and presenting routine and topical data graphically that enable crew members to quickly understand the situation. During Phase 1, we will specify intelligent data monitoring, analysis, and visualization requirements, create a high-level system design of the monitoring, analysis, and visualization software, and develop a software prototype that demonstrates the utility and feasibility of our approach.","startYear":2012,"startMonth":2,"endYear":2012,"endMonth":8,"statusDescription":"Completed","principalInvestigators":[{"contactId":198449,"canUserEdit":false,"firstName":"James","lastName":"Ong","fullName":"James C Ong","fullNameInverted":"Ong, James C","middleInitial":"C","primaryEmail":"ong@stottlerhenke.com","publicEmail":true,"nacontact":false}],"programDirectors":[{"contactId":206378,"canUserEdit":false,"firstName":"Jason","lastName":"Kessler","fullName":"Jason L Kessler","fullNameInverted":"Kessler, Jason L","middleInitial":"L","primaryEmail":"jason.l.kessler@nasa.gov","publicEmail":true,"nacontact":false}],"programExecutives":[{"contactId":215154,"canUserEdit":false,"firstName":"Jennifer","lastName":"Gustetic","fullName":"Jennifer L Gustetic","fullNameInverted":"Gustetic, Jennifer L","middleInitial":"L","primaryEmail":"jennifer.l.gustetic@nasa.gov","publicEmail":true,"nacontact":false}],"programManagers":[{"contactId":62051,"canUserEdit":false,"firstName":"Carlos","lastName":"Torrez","fullName":"Carlos Torrez","fullNameInverted":"Torrez, Carlos","primaryEmail":"carlos.torrez@nasa.gov","publicEmail":true,"nacontact":false}],"projectManagers":[{"contactId":307317,"canUserEdit":false,"firstName":"Maria","lastName":"Bualat","fullName":"Maria G Bualat","fullNameInverted":"Bualat, Maria G","middleInitial":"G","primaryEmail":"maria.bualat@nasa.gov","publicEmail":true,"nacontact":false},{"contactId":461333,"canUserEdit":false,"firstName":"Theresa","lastName":"Stanley","fullName":"Theresa M Stanley","fullNameInverted":"Stanley, Theresa M","middleInitial":"M","primaryEmail":"theresa.m.stanley@nasa.gov","publicEmail":true,"nacontact":false}],"website":"","libraryItems":[],"transitions":[{"transitionId":68727,"projectId":9767,"transitionDate":"2012-08-01","path":"Closed Out","closeoutDocuments":[{"title":"Final Summary Chart","file":{"fileExtension":"pdf","fileId":307643,"fileName":"SBIR_2011_1_FSC_X7.01-9172","fileSize":69257,"objectId":68727,"objectType":{"lkuCodeId":1841,"code":"TRANSITION_FILES","description":"Transition Files","lkuCodeTypeId":182,"lkuCodeType":{"codeType":"OBJECT_TYPE","description":"Object Type"}},"fileSizeString":"67.6 KB"},"transitionId":68727,"fileId":307643}],"infoText":"Closed out","infoTextExtra":"","dateText":"August 2012"},{"transitionId":68728,"projectId":9767,"partner":"Other","transitionDate":"2013-01-01","path":"Advanced To","relatedProjectId":12906,"relatedProject":{"acronym":"","projectId":12906,"title":"Visual Data Mining of Robot Performance Data","startTrl":3,"currentTrl":7,"endTrl":7,"benefits":"During Phase II, our initial user will be the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center. Other NASA applications include unmanned spacecraft mission operations and satellite network operations. Longer term target applications include manned spacecraft, habitats, and robots operated on the Moon and on Mars.
Non-NASA applications include manufacturers and operators of high-value systems, vehicles, communication networks, and manufacturing systems. Potential customers include the Department of Defense, aircraft and train manufacturers, airlines and railways, and semiconductor and chemical manufacturers.","description":"We propose to design and develop VDM/RP, a visual data mining system that will enable analysts to acquire, store, query, analyze, and visualize recent and historical robot performance data. During mission operations, these capabilities will enable operators to more quickly and accurately detect and interpret data patterns that support or rebut candidate diagnoses or hypotheses about robot problems. During robot system development and experimentation, VDM/RP will enable analysts and robot designers to review robot test data to create and refine models that specify quantitative relationships among robot system health and status variables that hold for nominal and off-nominal modes. Key innovations include interactive arrays of timelines and graphs for visualizing multivariate, time-oriented data, temporal queries to search for significant data patterns, and intelligent assistance to simplify user selection of data, analyses, and visualizations. During Phase I, we prototyped visualizations to analyze K10 rover LIDAR scan failures. During Phase II, we will develop three successively more capable versions of VDM/RP for test usage and evaluation by NASA's Intelligent Robotics Group.","startYear":2013,"startMonth":1,"endYear":2015,"endMonth":7,"statusDescription":"Completed","website":"","program":{"acronym":"SBIR/STTR","active":true,"description":"
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The SBIR and STTR programs have 3 phases:
The SBIR and STTR Phase I contracts last for 6 months with a maximum funding of $125,000, and Phase II contracts last for 24 months with a maximum funding of $750,000 - $1.5 million.
Opportunity for Continued Technology Development Post-Phase II:
The NASA SBIR/STTR Program currently has in place two initiatives for supporting its small business partners past the basic Phase I and Phase II elements of the program that emphasize opportunities for commercialization. Specifically, the NASA SBIR/STTR Program has the Phase II Enhancement (Phase II-E) and Phase II eXpanded (Phase II-X) contract options.
Please review the links below to obtain more information on the SBIR/STTR programs.
Provides an overview of the SBIR and STTR programs as implemented by NASA
Provides access to the annual SBIR/STTR Solicitations containing detailed information on the program eligibility requirements, proposal instructions and research topics and subtopics
Schedule and links for the SBIR/STTR solicitations and selection announcements
Federal and non-Federal sources of assistance for small business
Search our complete archive of awarded project abstracts to learn about what NASA has funded
Still have questions? Visit the program FAQs
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The SBIR and STTR programs have 3 phases:
The SBIR and STTR Phase I contracts last for 6 months with a maximum funding of $125,000, and Phase II contracts last for 24 months with a maximum funding of $750,000 - $1.5 million.
Opportunity for Continued Technology Development Post-Phase II:
The NASA SBIR/STTR Program currently has in place two initiatives for supporting its small business partners past the basic Phase I and Phase II elements of the program that emphasize opportunities for commercialization. Specifically, the NASA SBIR/STTR Program has the Phase II Enhancement (Phase II-E) and Phase II eXpanded (Phase II-X) contract options.
Please review the links below to obtain more information on the SBIR/STTR programs.
Provides an overview of the SBIR and STTR programs as implemented by NASA
Provides access to the annual SBIR/STTR Solicitations containing detailed information on the program eligibility requirements, proposal instructions and research topics and subtopics
Schedule and links for the SBIR/STTR solicitations and selection announcements
Federal and non-Federal sources of assistance for small business
Search our complete archive of awarded project abstracts to learn about what NASA has funded
Still have questions? Visit the program FAQs
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