NASA Ames Research Center
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About NASA Ames Research Center
Ames develops autonomy for missions in which spacecraft, robots and crews must make decisions with delayed or limited ground support. Its Intelligent Systems work includes robot software, autonomous vehicle management, perception, planning and human-autonomy teaming, with laboratories used to test how people supervise increasingly capable machines.
ARMADAS applies distributed robotics to autonomous in-space construction. Multiple robots cooperate to assemble, inspect and maintain modular structures rather than launching every large structure in its final form. Ames delivers research, flight software and mission demonstrations through NASA programmes and partnerships rather than operating as a commercial robot vendor.
Deployments
- Operating use
2019-04-17 - NASA Ames Astrobee free-flying robots began work inside the International Space Station. - Astrobee - International Space Station
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Timeline
Events
- 2025-04-17 - Partnership - HEBI Robotics partners with NASA Ames Research Center on robotic infrastructure assembly work
HEBI Robotics announced a collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center under a Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement. The partnership supports the ARC-LSI study focused on robotic assembly of infrastructure. HEBI said the work includes concepts of operation, system integration, and robotics system development for lunar infrastructure use cases.
Source - 2019-04-17 - Deployment - NASA Ames Astrobee free-flying robots begin work inside the International Space Station
NASA describes Astrobee as a free-flying robotic system designed to help astronauts inside the International Space Station. The system was developed at NASA Ames Research Center. The event anchors NASA Ames in space robotics through an operational free-flying robot program.
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Relations
Relationships
- International Space Station
Operating Site - NASA Ames Astrobee robots began work inside the International Space Station.
- NASA
Nasa Field Center - NASA Ames Research Center is a NASA field center.
- HEBI Robotics
Research Contract - Collaboration under a Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement supporting robotic infrastructure assembly concepts