This is a $79,439.30 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop autonomous navigation capabilities for rovers on the Moon and Mars. The award is not set aside and represents a research contract to advance technologies for space exploration. CMU, a renowned global research university, will leverage its expertise in areas like robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer science to address NASA's need for autonomous...
This federal contract award, valued at $499,092.44, was granted to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop innovative sensing, perceptual models, and energy-efficient exploration strategies for mobile autonomous systems to explore icy moons and identify high-value science targets. The proposed research will also enable exploration of permadark craters and polar regions, with potential terrestrial applications in areas like robotic...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K1206, was issued by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for a project titled "PROBABILISTIC GENERATIVE TERRAIN MAPPING FOR PLANETARY ROVERS". The $188,000.00 training grant has an ultimate completion date of August 28, 2025. CMU, a prestigious private research university, will be conducting research and development related to terrain mapping for planetary...
This is a $746,292 grant awarded by NASA to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on April 1, 2022 to support research and technical services related to NASA's goal of sustained human presence in space. The grant has a performance period ending on March 31, 2026. CMU is a renowned research university with expertise across a wide range of technical domains, including artificial intelligence, robotics, computer science, and materials science. Through this grant, CMU will leverage its...
This is a research and development contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University to develop the underlying mathematics and technology for automatically designing and programming modular robotic systems. The goal is to create more efficient and adaptable robots that can be reconfigured for different tasks, which could have applications in space exploration, manufacturing, search and rescue, and other domains. The $261,884.30 award...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $997,280.31 grant to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to research a "Symbiotic Exploration" concept for planetary rover missions. The goal is to develop a robotic system with a larger primary rover accompanied by a smaller, more expendable companion rover. This would allow exploration of riskier terrain without jeopardizing the primary mission. Benefits include greater area coverage, multiple camera perspectives, and...
This is a $2,330,949.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Shared Services Center to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for research on autonomous navigation for small spacecraft formations. The award is not associated with a set-aside program. CMU, a private university known for research in fields like artificial intelligence and robotics, will perform the work at its Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania campus. This grant aligns with NASA's interests in...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Carnegie Mellon University, a private non-profit university. The $275,184.53 training grant is focused on developing advanced computer vision algorithms to enable autonomous robotic manipulation for extra-planetary applications. The contract aims to create a "visual-world model" that can leverage sensor data to improve the robustness of robotic manipulation...
This federal contract award, with identification number 80NSSC24K0438, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). The contract, valued at $686,711.00, is a grant for research focused on "Studying LISA Sources Using DESI and LIGO VIRGO KAGRA." The award is not set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of December 14, 2026. As a leading private research university, CMU has demonstrated...
This federal contract award was issued by the U.S. government to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a private, non-profit university renowned for its expertise in areas like artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer science. The $20,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for "PERSONAL EXPLORATION ROVERS" and was awarded on March 8, 2005, with a completion date of April 22, 2005. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading research institution, CMU...
This is a $1,668,201.00 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University to develop software and hardware prototypes to enable the exploration of lunar pits. The contract is part of NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase III program, which supports the transition of promising aerospace concepts to other NASA programs, government agencies, or commercial partners. Carnegie Mellon University is a private, non-profit university that has previously received federal contract awards and grants across a wide range of research and development areas supporting NASA and other government agencies. For this contract, Carnegie Mellon has engaged Astrobotic Technology Inc., a Pittsburgh-based space robotics company spun out from Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, as a subcontractor to verify, validate, and develop software for the project. The original NIAC Phase III solicitation was open to proposers who had completed either a NIAC Phase II study or an essentially equivalent prior study, with the goal of further advancing the most promising concepts towards implementation.