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 $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...
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 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 $200,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for a research project titled "SENSITIVITY AND ATTRIBUTION OF BARYSTATIC CONTRIBUTORS TO SEA LEVEL CHANGE". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support research to be conducted at CMU's campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a renowned research university, CMU frequently partners with federal agencies on a...
This is a $335,650 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Carnegie Mellon University, a private non-profit university, to develop advanced entry guidance algorithms for spacecraft. The work will focus on improving current state-of-the-art methods by developing algorithms that can reason about full 6-degree-of-freedom flight dynamics, generalize to any entry vehicle configuration, account for uncertainties and disturbances, provide...
This federal contract award, valued at $579,824.00, was granted to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is a grant for research related to the recent discovery of electromagnetic counterparts to sources of gravitational waves, which is expected to bring exciting prospects for multi-messenger astronomy. The contract has a performance period that extends through December 31, 2025. CMU, a prestigious...
This federal contract award to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is for a research grant funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a data-centric recommendation system to support scientific research. The $313,202.99 grant aims to address the challenges researchers face in identifying the best data, tools, and approaches to investigate hypotheses, particularly in fields like hurricane science. This is part of a larger "Building Data Analytics Powered...