SBIR/STTR
Advanced Modeling Tools for Controlling Complex Assets Across Time Delay, Phase II
Project Introduction
The proposed innovation is a hybrid simulation module to replace the current "Behavioral Sim" in JSC's Predictive Interactive Graphical Interface (PIGI). PIGI helps an operator compensate for lunar-scale time delay, and is part of NASA's "RAPID Workbench". The Behavioral Sim acts as an oracle, taking initial conditions and a sequence of commands and producing trajectories and expected final location of the robot. We propose to provide functionality to extend PIGI to manipulation activities. This includes modeling the robot's manipulation and perception capabilities and its environment. We will use NASA's R2 robot operating on ISS as our test case.
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Anticipated Benefits
The Department of Defense deploys large numbers of unmanned vehicles, all of which could benefit from increased capabilities in their operator control units. In particular, our work will provide greater situational awareness to the operators and enable them to explore the effects of actions before actually committing the commands. Congress has mandated that one-third of all military vehicles must be unmanned by 2015. Robotic customers such as US Army TACOM, US Navy SPAWAR, NAVEODTECHDIV, Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise (JGRE), as well as major robotics contractors such as iRobot and QinetiQ are striving to deliver more autonomy in their systems. Together these markets total several thousand potential licenses -- one for each platform. TRACLabs Inc. is a member of the JRGE-sponsored Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC), which gives us access to government and industry robotics customers.
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Primary U.S. Work Locations and Key Partners
| Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Johnson Space Center
(JSC)
|
Lead Organization | NASA Center | Houston, TX |
Ames Research Center
(ARC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Moffett Field, CA |
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Kennedy Space Center
(KSC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| TRACLabs, Inc. | Supporting Organization | Industry | San Antonio, TX |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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California
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Florida
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Texas
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Organizational Responsibility
Responsible Mission Directorate:
- Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
Lead Center / Facility:
- Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Responsible Program:
- SBIR/STTR
Project Management
Program Director:
Program Manager:
Project Managers:
Principal Investigator:
- Robert Burridge
Project Duration
Start: Jun 2011
End: Dec 2013
Technology Maturity (TRL)
| Start: | 3 |
| Current: | 1 |
| Estimated End: | 5 |
Applied Research
Development
Demo & Test
Technology Areas
Primary:
- TA 4 Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- TA 4.4 Human-System Interaction
Other / Cross-cutting:
- TA 4 Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- TA 4.5 System-Level Autonomy
- TA 4.5.5 Adjustable Autonomy