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We are proposing the fully autonomous science facility REALISE for suspended biological cultures that can both incubate organisms over long periods of time (30 days to 9 months) but also perform in-situ analysis of samples using bright-field and three-color fluorescence microscopy. REALISE will be based heavily on functionality, components, and experience from past Shuttle, ISS, and Orion heritage ...

This program will develop an innovative software tool for optimizing control of heterogeneous swarming systems using Swarm Signal Temporal Logic (SSTL) specifications. The proposed solution will enable task prioritization and scheduling, and distributed optimization of heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MAS) with the ability to scale the agent team, environment, and degree of heterogeneity with mi ...

Mosaic ATM proposes an innovative approach to providing information about automated system trustworthiness in a given context, which will support humans in appropriately calibrating trust in such systems. Appropriately calibrated trust will, in turn, inform the scope of autonomy humans grant to the system to perform independent decision making and task execution. We communicate system trustworthin ...

Future space missions will rely heavily on automated multi-agent cyber-physical-human teams to perform a number of tasks, such as robotic servicing, habitat maintenance, health management, etc.nbsp;In order for these multi-agents to become a reality, trust in them and uncertainty quantification will need to be factored into decision making policies by the system participants.nbsp;Even if one assum ...

Ujima Digital and the United States Air Force Academy are partnered to deliver a collaborative, SysML enabled model-based enterprise platform for operating and managing their numerous facilityrsquo;s product lifecycles. A model-based enterprise will not only give NASA visibility into the operational consumption of their facilities, but it will also allow for teams to collaborate around engineering ...

Vescent Photonics, LLC in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory proposes to develop a compact, chip-scale ultra-narrow linewidth laser for next-generation fieldable quantum sensor applications including optical atomic clocks, two-way time transfer, and precision inertial force and gravity sensing.nbsp; Atomic clocks represent the most precise and accurate ...

This NASA Phase I STTR program would develop wireless networked, high temperature, wide bandwidth pressure sensors for use in propulsion systems during ground test and launch operations. Both applications require broadband and in particular high frequency response for adequate diagnostics, and operation at very high temperatures in rocket engine environments. The team proposes major changes in pre ...

Luna, teamed with Ms. Sue Orsquo;Brien at The University of Alabama Huntsville, is proposing to utilize High-Definition Shape Sensing (HD-Shape) to optimize the control of solar and electric sails. Solar and electric sails use lightweight material with large cross-sections to transfer momentum of solar radiation into directional thrust. Control is performed by adjusting the center of mass (CM) wit ...

Luna, teamed with Dr. John Bowers of UCSB, will develop an integrated chip-scale optical magnetometer with an integral Silicon/III-V laser. This innovative product will enable new levels of performance for in situ and remote sensing in NASArsquo;s space missions. The coupling of a silicon based optical magnetometer with an on-chip light source using heterogeneous silicon photonics drastically mini ...

We propose a construction system that magnetically beneficiates the soil to create a layered surface then sinters it relying on antenna near-field energy absorbance. The layering will consist of a highly microwave-susceptible, highly thermal-conductive top layer, on top of nbsp;a poorly microwave-susceptible, poorly thermal-conductive sublayer. The antenna system will be optimized for magnetically ...