A5050527737- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Space Satellite Systems and Control
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Advanced Neural Network Applications
- Space Exploration and Technology
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Space exploration and regulation
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Mitre (United States)
2023-2024
West Virginia University
2018-2021
Morgantown High School
2020
Precision robotic pollination systems can not only fill the gap of declining natural pollinators, but also surpass them in efficiency and uniformity, helping to feed fast-growing human population on Earth. This paper presents design ongoing development an autonomous robot named “BrambleBee”, which aims at pollinating bramble plants a greenhouse environment. Partially inspired by ecology behavior bees, BrambleBee employs state-of-the-art localization mapping, visual perception, path planning,...
MAARS (Machine leaning-based Analytics for Automated Rover Systems) is an ongoing JPL effort to bring the latest self-driving technologies Mars, Moon, and beyond. The AI revolution here on Earth finally propagating red planet as High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) system-on-a-chip (SoC), such Qualcomm's Snapdragon, become available rovers. In this three year project, we are developing, implementing, benchmarking a wide range of autonomy algorithms...
This work aims at developing an efficient path planning algorithm for the driving objective of a Martian day (sol) that can take into account terrain information application to proposed Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. To prepare process one sol (i.e., with limited time allocated driving), map expected rover velocity over chosen area is constructed, obtained by combining traversability classes, rock abundance and slope location. The phase starts offline computing several potential paths be...
The return to the Moon has begun. Once a rare and unusual mission, cislunar, in general, all beyond GEO (xGEO) missions are poised become regular part of commercial space operational ecosystem. This uptick activity necessitates review current processes, procedures regulations place ensure xGEO can be accommodated safely. paper specifically analyzes launch reentry collision avoidance (LCOLA) analysis requirements assess their applicability shortfalls for proposes new approaches better...
Every successful space mission begins with a launch. As access costs lower and launch efficiencies progress, tempos are increased creating more to while simultaneously increasing congestion the number of failures. Successfully traversing Earth's atmosphere is just first hurdle since terrestrial weather growing increasingly volatile, causing outright cancellations, providing winds that induce trajectory errors. Entering space, vehicles push their payloads into an crowded orbital environment...
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are used every day in various technology applications, including national defense (e.g., aircraft and missiles). Most of the current supplies REEs U.S. imported from China, which led government to declare situation a emergency 2019 call for establishing independent supply sources. This includes solutions such as re-opening former mines, closed because extensive health environmental regulations, or extracting waste byproducts. However, some that utilized technology,...
Precision robotic pollination systems can not only fill the gap of declining natural pollinators, but also surpass them in efficiency and uniformity, helping to feed fast-growing human population on Earth. This paper presents design ongoing development an autonomous robot named "BrambleBee", which aims at pollinating bramble plants a greenhouse environment. Partially inspired by ecology behavior bees, BrambleBee employs state-of-the-art localization mapping, visual perception, path planning,...
NASA and ESA are proposing to retrieve samples from Mars with a rover that will need drive long distances, beyond what is seen on images previous downlinks, complete its mission in less than 200 Martian days. This paper proposes planning method support Sample Return by integrating terrain information into the phase. The first step consists of predicting slip speed using orbital data. When tested data, ranges predicted an expected velocity map successfully drawn. second involves traverse for...