Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2017-05-05 to 2018-04-27
Current total value of award: $73464.03
Description: MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SPACE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS. THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THE LARC (LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER) ROLE ON CIRAS (COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY AND SERVICES) WILL REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF TALISMAN (TENDON-ACTUATED LIGHTWEIGHT IN-SPACE MANIPULATOR) AND NINJAR (NASA INTELLIGENT JIGGING AND ASSEMBLY ROBOTS) CONTROL ALGORITHMS. NASA/LARC SEEKS SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THESE ALGORITHMS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALGORITHMS IN MATLAB, GAZEBO, ROS, AND SPEEDGOAT ENVIRONMENTS. THIS EFFORT WILL REQUIRE THE CONVERSION AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING CONTROL ALGORITHMS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY NASA AND RE-CONFIGURING THEM FOR USE IN NEW COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS. THE TASK WILL ALSO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONTROL ALGORITHMS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE NEW TALISMAN AND NINJAR 2.0 AND 3.0 SYSTEMS PRESENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE CIRAS CONTRACT. THE RESULT OF ALL OF THIS WORK WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROL SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE TALISMAN 2.0/3.0 ARCHITECTURES TO BE DEMONSTRATED AT LARC IN FY18.