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The Event-Based Sensing and Navigation Technologies (EBSNT) project aims to develop, integrate, and test a perception and planning avionics suite and associated on-board software in response to NASArsquo;s Subtopic ldquo;H6.22 Deep Neural Net and Neuromorphic Processors for In-Space Autonomy and Cognitionrdquo; within the scope of ldquo;Neuromorphic Software for Cognition and Learning for Space Mi ...

nbsp;A reduction in space and power requirements for each channel of a LiDAR system would allow for a system with significantly more channels and/or a system small enough to fly on CubeSat scale vehicles.nbsp; The primary method by which the CoDLiR will accomplish this goal is the integration of feature extraction, digital processing, and bias control onto one single low-power chip.nbsp; For a ful ...

Multi-satellite swarms are becoming very popular due to their low costs and short development time. Instead of large and costly monolithic satellites, small satellite swarms can be flown as distributed sensing platforms for atmospheric sampling, distributed antennas, and synthetic apertures among other exciting applications, delivering an even greater mission capability. This project contributes t ...

nbsp;We propose to develop the ldquo;Hoku ASICrdquo;, a mixed-signal integrated circuit designed using a new method we call Element Level Adjustability (ELA). Most radiation robust mixed-signal integrated circuits utilize specific CMOS technologies and substrate strapping layout techniques to achieve high degrees of radiation robustness. In a mixed-signal IC, each of the transistors in the circuit ...

The goal of Phase II work is to further advance the TRL of the swarm coordination and control algorithms from the current estimated TRL 3 to a TRL 4-5. The technical objectives proposed for Phase II are divided into two broad categories that support the goal. One category includes continuation and refinement of the work performed in Phase I and the other category includes new work, some of which h ...

NASA intends on building a U.S.-led physical base on the moon capable of supporting human life. This ldquo;Sustainability Baserdquo; will require habitat environmental control and life sustainment systems. Such systems are necessarily complex, the volumes of sensor data are large and not well-suited for human-only monitoring, and the consequences of system failure are severe. Thus, to sustain opti ...

Multi-satellite swarms are becoming popular due to their low costs and short development time. Instead of large and costly monolithic satellites, small satellite swarms can be flown as distributed sensing applications for atmospheric sampling, distributed antennas, synthetic apertures among other exciting applications, delivering an even greater mission capability. This Phase-I project contributes ...

Drop stitch reinforced textiles are a subset of 3D woven textiles that are well suited for flexible inflatable composite applications. These flexible composites provide a dimensionally-stable solution for inflatable structures, enabling creation of various deployable foldable shapes and cross-sections. Incorporating pile yarns between face reinforcement layers yields precise control over the infla ...

Navatek proposes to develop a fault prediction and detection solution that improves NASArsquo;s ability to reveal latent, unknown conditions while also improving its detection time and reducing the rate of false positive and negative detections of known conditions that would lead to failure of the life sustainment system. Our approach feeds historical and real-time sensor data to a digital twin of ...

nbsp;Nalu Scientific LLC (NSL) proposes to design and build the Single-photon-sensitive Waveform Enhanced and Lightweight Lidar (SWELL). This novel device will improve upon current Lidar technology by being low-cost, low-power, and highly compact. nbsp;This will be accomplished by leveraging NSLrsquo;s extremely high timing precision waveform sampling and digital integration technology. NSL has de ...