Ground Control Robotics

Summary

About

About Ground Control Robotics

Ground Control Robotics was co-founded in Atlanta in 2022 from locomotion research led by Georgia Tech professor Dan Goldman. Its core platform, SCUTL, uses a segmented centipede-like architecture and multiple gait patterns to move through crawlspaces, attics, uneven ground and other environments that are difficult for wheeled or conventional legged robots.

SCUTL is designed as a modular mobility base compatible with RGB, thermal and panoramic cameras as well as task-specific sensors and manipulators. The company is targeting pest control, architecture and construction inspection, and specialty agriculture. A 2026 NASA award for Mars advanced surface mobility extends the same locomotion research into planetary use, but the profile remains classified around terrestrial difficult-access inspection rather than as a space company.

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Team

  • Alec Cook - Director of Operations
  • Robin Pepper - Chief Operating Officer
  • Dan Goldman - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
  • Daniel Soto - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Timeline

Events

  • 2026-07-08 - Contract Award - NASA awards Ground Control Robotics STRIDE work

    Ground Control Robotics was one of seven companies selected under NASA's Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration initiative. The STRIDE awards support commercial robotic mobility concepts intended to reach difficult terrain, travel farther and access scientifically valuable Mars regions. NASA stated that the awards have a combined potential value of about $17 million, with work targeted to begin in fall 2026.

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  • 2026-07-08 - Contract Award - Ground Control Robotics receives NASA STRIDE Mars mobility contract

    NASA named Ground Control Robotics among seven STRIDE contract awardees on 8 July 2026. The programme targets mobility systems able to access difficult terrain, travel farther and reach scientifically valuable regions on Mars. The seven awards have a combined potential value of about $17 million; NASA did not disclose Ground Control Robotics’ individual amount.

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Relations

Relationships

  • NASA

    Stride Contract Recipient - NASA selected Ground Control Robotics for a STRIDE contract to advance commercial robotic surface mobility for future Mars exploration.

Context

Shared workflows

Context tags

  • Autonomous inspection - Workflow - Verified against official or first-disclosure product and application evidence during 2026-08-10 enrichment.
  • Industrial asset inspection - Workflow - Verified against official or first-disclosure product and application evidence during 2026-08-10 enrichment.
  • Hazardous site inspection - Workflow - Verified against official or first-disclosure product and application evidence during 2026-08-10 enrichment.
  • Field robotics builder - Peer Group - Verified against official or first-disclosure product and application evidence during 2026-08-10 enrichment.

Commercial

  • Ground Control Robotics receives NASA STRIDE Mars mobility contract

    2026-07-08 · Order / contract · NASA selected Ground Control Robotics as one of seven STRIDE contract awardees developing next-generation commercial robotic surface mobility for future Mars exploration.

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  • NASA awards Ground Control Robotics STRIDE work

    2026-07-08 · Order / contract · NASA selected Ground Control Robotics among seven STRIDE contract awardees for advanced Mars surface-mobility development.

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