Intelligent Systems Division

Technical Research Areas

Autonomous Systems and Robotics
Overview The Exploration Vision calls for closer cooperation between humans and robots than ever before. Creating robust robotic assistants, as well as making key spacecraft systems self sufficient, requires building ...
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Collaborative & Assistant Systems
Overview As NASA missions become longer and more scientifically complex, so will the ongoing participation of and cooperation between individuals in many different locations. At the same time, human/machine interactions ...
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Discovery and Systems Health
Overview The Discovery and Systems Health (DaSH) technical area focuses on challenges in understanding engineering and science data. The engineering data understanding work is centered around the emerging systems engineering ...
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Robust Software Engineering
Overview We are the Robust Software Engineering technical area, based in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. Our goal is to dramatically increase ...
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Highlights

Intelligent Systems Division Team Operating LCROSS Spacecraft and Staffing Mission Control
June 23 – LCROSS performed a lunar swingby to enter into an elongated polar Earth orbit to position LCROSS for impact on the lunar south pole. During the swingby the ...
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Robotic Recon Experiment at Black Point Lava Flow
From June 14-27, the Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) will use a robot to scout portions of the Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona. The robot, called K10, will be ...
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STAR v0.3 Release
The Scheduling, Training, Administration, and Records (STAR) team achieved a major milestone last week with the release of STAR v0.3. This release represents the third iterative release of the STAR ...
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Inductive Monitoring System Released to ISS Mission Evaluation Room
The Inductive Monitoring System (IMS) and IMS-based Anomaly Monitoring Inductive Software System (AMISS) have been released to the Boeing International Space Station (ISS) Mission Evaluation Room (MER) engineering staff for ...
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