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 is a $670,291 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for scientific research related to the agency's exploration initiatives. The grant, under NASA's Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) program, aims to execute a balanced science program focused on discipline-specific guidance, administration priorities, and congressional direction. Key goals include participating as a partner in NASA's exploration...
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 $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 is a $297,510 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Carnegie Mellon University. The grant is focused on developing new methods to improve the mobility of robotic planetary exploration platforms, particularly for traversing soft, non-cohesive soils and steep slopes. The work will involve developing terrain manipulation techniques, soil mechanics models, and integrated motion planning capabilities to enable rovers to...
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...
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 $191,257.91 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research on "Stellar Dynamics and Stellar Collisions in Star-by-Star Models of Nuclear Star Clusters". The grant, which has a performance period ending on February 28, 2024, was awarded on February 25, 2022. CMU is a renowned research university with expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and materials science, making it a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $587,449.00 grant to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research on the impacts of biomass burning aerosols on regional weather and climate. The grant, with a performance period ending on August 31, 2025, is intended to address the large uncertainties in understanding the radiative effects of these aerosols. CMU, a global research university known for its expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,955.76 grant to Carnegie Mellon University for research to design lightweight, deployable structures with high expansion ratios of 150X or more using advances in mechanical metamaterials. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. Carnegie Mellon University is a private, non-profit university known for its interdisciplinary programs and extensive experience delivering a wide range of goods and...