Center Innovation Fund: GSFC CIF
Engineering Concept Design & Assembly in VR Program Follow-on, Year 2
Project Description
This CIF will result in the development of a collaborative environment where hardware I&T and mission planning can do fit checks, cable routing, tool paths, and robotic arm paths in a virtual environment. It also leverages existing GMSEC middleware to enable VR hardware applications that use actual mission telemetry on a NASA enterprise middleware architecture. This use of AR and VR technologies in a telerobotic environment significantly reduces operator cognitive load, and provides contextual visualizations of assets such as a robotic arm. Finally, Augmented Virtuality techniques are used to combine video streams and 3D models into VR to provide the operator views unavailable through conventional means while operating the robotic arm.
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Anticipated Benefits
Development of this technology will greatly facilitate practical use of VR/AR inspacecraft design, testing ,and integraation thus saving time and cost.
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Primary U.S. Work Locations and Key Partners
| Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
|
Lead Organization | NASA Center | Greenbelt, Maryland |
| Bowie State University (BSU) | Supporting Organization |
Academia
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
|
Bowie, Maryland |
| University of Maryland-College Park (UMCP) | Supporting Organization |
Academia
Asian American Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI)
|
College Park, Maryland |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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Maryland
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