CADRE: Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration
The CADRE technology demonstration aims to utilize a team of small, solar-powered rovers to independently explore and gather data from the Moon using mesh network radios for communication.
Jan 1, 2022
Europa Lander
The proposed Europa Lander mission is a concept study aimed at delivering a robotic lander to the ice-covered surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
Jan 1, 2022
DARPA RACER: Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency
DARPA's RACER program aims to revolutionize autonomy for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) navigating unpredictable off-road terrain at speeds comparable to human drivers.
Sep 30, 2021
DARPA Subterranean Challenge
The DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge was a landmark competition aimed at developing autonomous robot teams capable of mapping, navigating, and searching underground environments.
Jan 1, 2021
Smart Hardware Integration with Advanced Robot Programming Technologies for Efficient Reconfiguration of Robot Workcells
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Dec 1, 2020
Mars Sample Return
The Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, a joint effort between NASA and ESA, seeks to retrieve Martian rock, soil, and atmospheric samples collected by Perseverance and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.
Feb 24, 2020
InVADER: In situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research
InVADER is an innovative deep-sea mission concept to send autonomous divebots underwater to perform in-situ analysis of hydrothermal vent sites.
Feb 24, 2020
IMEDNets: Image-to-Motion Encoder-Decoder Networks
IMEDNets are deep neural network architectures to enable robots to learn visuomotor skills, specifically translating visual inputs into robot motion trajectories.
May 1, 2018
Rapid Hardware and Software Reconfiguration in a Robotic Workcell
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Jul 1, 2017
ReconCell: A Reconfigurable Robot Workcell
ReconCell was a reconfigurable robot workcell conceived to give low-volume, high-mix manufacturers the agility of large-scale automation without the overhead.
Nov 1, 2015