This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is focused on understanding how the current design of the space suit's hard upper torso (HUT) affects astronaut shoulder motion and the risk of shoulder injuries during extravehicular activities (EVAs). UT Austin will apply musculoskeletal modeling techniques to simulate the human-suit interactions in both one-gravity and underwater training environments to...
This federal contract award with ID NNX15AQ42H was issued by NASA to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a component of the University of Texas System, for the SATHE RESEARCH PROJECT. The objective is to develop a dexterous, high-performing, and safe humanoid robot capable of working alongside humans with 99.99% safety while maintaining industrial-grade precision. The $277,101.96 award will fund research and development in areas such as ultrafast collision detection, high-stiffness...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to conduct research on improving the control and functionality of robot actuators for space exploration. UT Austin, a major public research university, will develop new control frameworks to optimize the performance, efficiency, and thermal management of series elastic actuators, which are critical components for dexterous and robust robots...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX15AQ33H, was granted by a civilian agency to the University of Texas at Austin, which is part of the University of Texas System. The contract is for a training grant focused on "Controlling Robots with a Spring in Their Step", with the goal of developing a new control strategy to enable stable, fast, and responsive walking on compliant robot legs. The total potential value of the contract is $279,323.32, with a completion date of June 3, 2020. No...
This is a $276,621 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to develop "High Frequency Spacecraft State Estimation Using Event-Based Sensors." The award has an ultimate completion date of November 2, 2026. UT Austin, a large public research university, is the prime contractor. The award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle, and there is no set-aside designation. UT Austin has...
The federal contract award 80NSSC20K1499, valued at $430,000.00, was granted to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a research institution within the Texas A&M University System. The contract is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate activities associated with spaceflight that require the simultaneous use of both limbs. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Tees has a history of securing federal...
This federal contract award, identified as Award ID 80NSSC21K0780, was granted by the Shared Services Center on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin, a non-profit educational institution and component of the University of Texas System. The $74,999.81 grant supports research on "Eclipsing Binaries (EBs)", which provide benchmark measurements of stellar masses and radii crucial for theoretical stellar astrophysics. The...
This $758,234 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a coupled finite element and musculoskeletal modeling framework for simulating the dynamics of human exosuit systems. The research aims to enable model-based engineering approaches for evaluating the operational performance of exosuits, including sensitivity to parameters like material stiffness and muscle activation. The grant does not...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1213, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a non-profit educational institution. The $274,216.47 grant supports research on formation flight and proximity operations for spacecraft, which have been critical aspects of NASA's space program since the early days of spaceflight. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating UT Austin's competitive...
This federal contract award, NNX17AI35A, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin, a component of the University of Texas System. The major research focus of the project is to advance the state-of-the-art in autonomous navigation of space vehicles in the absence of GPS measurements. The work develops deep space and spacecraft rendezvous navigation solutions that are applicable to future Orion missions, which aim to take humans to...