As we continue to expand our presence in the solar system to mars and beyond, developing intelligent, autonomous technologies for sustainable habitats is needed in order to prolong human presence in…

This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Carnegie Mellon University on July 18, 2017. The $1,500,000.00 project focuses on developing real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and intelligent control methods to improve autonomy in complex systems, particularly for sustainable habitats in deep space exploration. This supports NASA's efforts to expand human presence in the solar system to destinations like Mars. The work will be conducted at the NASA Ames Research Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.

As we continue to expand our presence in the solar system to mars and beyond, developing intelligent, autonomous technologies for sustainable habitats is needed in order to prolong human presence in deep space. This is particularly the case when significant time delays (between habitat and earth) and uncertainty necessitate solutions that are able to adapt and learn in a changing environment. The role of autonomy constitutes a critical component in this direction. Aided by the recent miniaturization of lowcost, distributed sensing (internet of things (IOT)) and real-time computation a number of novel architectures that have the potential to improve autonomy in complex systems can be testing and validated. This project will focus on the development of real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and intelligent control methods that come together to improve operational efficiency, increase autonomy, and enhance global performance objectives. Both human--autonomy interaction and cybersecurity in autonomous systems constitute an important component of the main objectives and may be explored. Research will be conducted in several buildings in the NASA ames research park including NASA ames sustainability base.