Traclabs Inc.

San Antonio, TX · Robotics · Private

Robotic grinding and sanding system for aerospace manufacturing

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · traclabs.com

Sector: Robotics
Headquarters: San Antonio, TX
Total capital: $50.5M

Federal grants: $9.5M; 26 awards · 2015–2026; Rank in peer group#3 of 15
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $41M; 108 awards · Defense, NASA, Interior; Rank in Robotics#6 of 544
Granted patents: 2; 2 pending · first 2016; Rank in peer group#9 of 15

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Latest events

Sep 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Placeholder$1.3M
Jun 2026Federal contractNASA · I02.01-0099 - Mixed Initiative Collaborative Agents For Robot Design$150K
May 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase I · I02.01-0099 - Mixed Initiative Collaborative Agents For Robot Design$150K
Jan 2026Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Builder: Leveraging Bim Information To Automate Robot Task Planning For Lunar Assembly Applications$150K
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR 1 Dragoman: Tools To Exchange Information Between Ros 2 And Space Mission Data Formats$149K
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Visual Intelligence For Situation Awareness$150K

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Sep 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 873AUTHORITY$750K
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$1.5M
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR 1 Dragoman: Tools To Exchange Information Between Ros 2 And Space Mission Data Formats$149K
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Visual Intelligence For Situation Awareness$150K
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Builder: Leveraging Bim Information To Automate Robot Task Planning For Lunar Assembly Applications$150K
Jul 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III 80NSSC25C0428 Entitled "advanced Software Technologies For Space Robotics"$185K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I$240K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I$140K
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Easing The Development Of Robot Applications For Space Missions$148K
Aug 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Easing The Development Of Robot Applications For Space Missions$148K
Dec 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Multi-agent Anomaly Resolution System (maars) - STTR II$850K
Dec 2023Federal contractNASA · Multi-agent Anomaly Resolution System (maars) - STTR II$850K
Sep 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · CAMBR: Intelligent Robot Path Planning System for Grinding of Aircraft Propeller Blades$650K
Jul 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase I · GUARDIAN: Grounding visual data with actions for task verification$160K
Sep 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Autonomous Cobots to Enhance Situational Awareness$750K
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Assisted Machine Vision For Rendezvous Proximity Operations$250K
Aug 2022Federal contractNASA · EO14042 SBIR Phase II Adaptive Agent Architecture$714K
Jul 2022Federal contractNASA · EO14042 STTR Phase I ROM3SA: Improved Situational Awareness For Remotely Operating Versatile Semi- Autonomous Robot Systems$150K
Jul 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Generative Adversarial Networks for Detecting Erroneous Results$150K
Jul 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Multi-Agent Anomaly Resolution System (MaARS)$150K
Apr 2022Federal contractNASA · EO14042 STTR Phase II The Brash Integration Toolkit For ROS2 And Flight Software Interoperability$749K
Nov 2021Federal contractDefense · Intelligent Optimization Of Routing For Remanufacturing Tasks$150K
Sep 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Multi-Agent Planning and Control for Autonomous On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing$750K
Aug 2021Federal contractNASA · In Direct Response To Nasas Need For Perception Systems For Interior Environment Monitoring, Modeling And Navigation And For Operational Subsystems That Increase Robot Autonomy$750K
Aug 2021Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$140K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
Jun 2021Federal contractNASA · Advanced Software Technologies For Space Robotics$3.3M
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Traclabs, Inc. - H10.02-1504 - Automated System For Managing Assets,$124K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Autonomous Cobots To Enhance Situational Awareness$125K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · DISCO-RECOVERY: The Recursive Organization of Dynamical Systems in Vehicular Caretaking$125K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · ADAPtive agenT Architecture$125K
Sep 2020Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase III For Augmented Reality$1.5M
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Plummrs: A Collection Of Plan Ledgers And Unified Maps For Multi-robot Safety$125K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Integrating Ros 2 With The Core Flight System$125K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Multi-agent Planning And Control For Autonomous On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, And Manufacturing$124K
Aug 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Virtual Environment for Informative Analysis Framework’s Process: A Mixed-Reality System for Safely Enabling Human-Automation Interaction and Teaming$125K
May 2020Federal contractDefense · Intelligent Robot Path Planning System For Grinding Of Aircraft Propeller Blades$750K
Jan 2020Federal contractNASA · Robot Control And Application Programming On The Nasa-jsc Valkyrie Humanoid Robo$138K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Electronic Procedure Verification And Workflow Management System$749K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Robots Will Play An Important Role In Nasa's Upcoming Missions To The Moon And Beyond. They Will Need To Manipulate Their Environment In Complex And Useful Ways - Carrying Objects, Using Tools, And Assisting Crew. NASA S Humanoid Robots Have Highly Dexterous End-effectors, But Developing Software To Fully Utilize Such Hands Remains A Challenging Task. Grasping Strategies Are Highly Dependent On Object Models And Localization. Environmental Obstacles Or The Object's Intended Use Can Strongly Infl$749K
Aug 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Orbital Mechanic: CRAFTSMAN for On-orbit Satellite Servicing$50K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · Phase I STTR Topic AF19A-T004, Intelligent Robot Path Planning System For Grinding Of Aircraft Propeller Blades$150K
Dec 2018Federal contractNASA · The Goal Of This Work Is To Integrate Traclabs Craftsman Robotic Application Software For Use With NASA Jsc S Valkyrie Humanoid Robot, To Support The Use Of Craftsman In Expanding Robot Capabilities, And To Extend Software Functionality As Necessary To Successfully Demonstrate With Valkyrie The Performance Of A Proof Of Concept Bomb Disposal Application Relevant To The NASA Jsc And Cttso Partnership. This Task Will Require Interfacing Craftsman Software With Low Level Valkyrie Control Software,$292K
Sep 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Towards a Turn-key Software Suite for Controlling Complex Remote Robots using English-language Electronic Procedures$746K
Jul 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Flexible Agent-based Communications for Exploration$125K
Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Digitizing and Automating Standard Operating Procedures$50K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Procedures Play A Large Role In Successfully Operating Complex Test Equipment. They Provide Step-by-step Instructions For System Check-out, Experimental Set-up, Test Plans, And Responding To Off-nominal Situations. As NASA Moves Away From Traditional Paper Procedures To More Flexible Electronic Procedures, There Is An Opportunity For A More Flexible And Efficient Electronic Procedure Review, Approval, And Publishing Process.the Proposed Workflow Management System Would Automatically Route New Or$125K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Robots Will Play An Important Role In Nasa's Upcoming Missions To The Moon And Beyond. More Than Just Remote Sensors, They Will Be Expected To Manipulate Their Environment In A Complex And Useful Way - Carrying Objects, Using Tools, And Assisting The Crew With Various Physical Activities. NASA Has Been Developing World-class Dexterous End Effectors For Years. Unfortunately, Developing Software To Fully Utilize Such Hands Is Very Challenging. Grasping Strategies Tend To Be Highly Dependent On Obj$125K
Apr 2018Federal contractNASA · Over Previous Phase I, II, And III NASA SBIR Projects, Traclabs Has Created A Software Toolkit For Programming And Controlling Humanoid Robots And Other Mobile Manipulators. This Open-source Toolkit, Called The Cartesian-based Affordance Template Suite For Manipulation (or Craftsman), Incorporates State-of-the-art Motion Generation Techniques Along With Principles Of User Interface Design And Software Engineering To Fill A Gap In The Robotics Research Community For Advanced Sensor-driven Applica$750K
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igfnasa Has Long Term Goals Of Autonomous Habitat Construction, Vehicle Repair, And Human-robot Teams For Space Exploration. More Immediately, NASA Has Multiple Dual-armed Manipulators Onboard The Iss, In R2 And Dextre. To Facilitate Nasa's Needs, Traclabs Has Created The Craftsman Software Toolkit For Improved Control And Teleoperation Of Robotic Manipulators. This Software Improves The State Of The Art By Focusing On 3D User Interfaces For Commanding, On Advanced Task Programming For $299K
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · IGF::OT::IGF1. Design A Javascript Object Notation (json) Representation Of A Prl Procedure That Is Suitable For A Front-end Display To Render That Procedure To Users; 2. Build A Rest Endpoint In The Pride View Server That Provides That Json Representation For Any Prl Procedure That Is In The Server; And 3. Document The Json Representation And Provide Some Representative Examples Of Its Use To Produce Front-end Displays.$52K
Sep 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Visualizing and Comparing Exploration Plan Alternatives and Change Effects (xPACE)$749K
Jun 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase I · A Flexible Cognitive Architecture for Space Exploration Agents$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Future NASA Missions Will Require Robots That Are Adaptable In The Face Of Dynamic And Unpredictable Environments. Existing Robot Systems Have Largely Relied On A Combination Of Highly-controlled, Known Environments And Slow, Carefully Preplanned Motions That Require Intensive Human Preparation And Oversight. This Strategy Leaves Little Room For Variation Or Adaptability In The Face Of Unforeseen Errors And Limits The Amount Of Direct Interaction The Robot Can Have With Its Environ$124K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf While Historically All Of Nasa's Human Missions Are Carried Out By Crew Members Following English Language Procedure Documents, Robotic Activities Are Usually Performed By Issuing Much Lower-level Commands. This Disconnect Creates Undue Burden On Mission Operators As It Requires The Involvement Of Expert Robot Programmers To Define Each Activity. In Contrast, We Propose That Robots In Space, Just Like Human Crew Members, Should Be Guided Through Vetted, Human-readable Procedures. S$124K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Traclabs Has Developed A Procedure Integrated Development Environment Called Pride That Is Currently Being Used By NASA For Iss And Orion Procedures. As These Procedures Execute, They Log All The Pertinent Execution Information. Automated Planners, Developed By NASA Over The Years Will Be Used To Sequence These Procedures To Achieve Goals During Exploration Flights Or For Planetary Base Operations. Traclabs Has Successfully Integrated Planning And Procedure Execution, But Humans Ma$124K
Apr 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Current NASA Missions To The International Space Station (iss) Are Heavily Dependent Upon Ground Controllers To Assist Crew Members In Performing Routine Operations And Maintenance As Well As Responses To Off-nominal Situations. Performing These Procedures Often Requires Close Collaboration Between Ground Controllers Who Have Deep Knowledge Of The Spacecraft's Systems. This Collaboration Becomes More Difficult In Extended Missions And Crew Members Will Need To Have More Autonomy. A$750K
Apr 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Spacecraft Automation Can Be Used To Greatly Reduce The Demands On Crew Member And Flight Controllers Time And Attention. Automation Can Monitor Critical Resources, Perform Routine Tasks, Respond To Unexpected Events, And Manage The Overall Operation Of On-board Systems. Crew Members And Flight Controllers Also Use Standard Operating Procedures To Manage The Tasks Necessary To Operate Complex Space Missions. These Procedures Document Both Manual, Non-automatable Tasks And The Inter$1.1M
Apr 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Procedures Are Critical To Experimental Tests As They Describe The Specific Steps Necessary To Efficiently And Safely Carry Out A Test In A Repeatable Fashion. The Procedure Process Includes Creating Test Procedures, Validating Those Procedures, Executing The Procedures During A Test, And Then Analyzing And Auditing The Results. Relying On Paper-based Test Procedures Hampers Data Collection And Distributed Teamwork During Test Operations In Phase I Of This Project, Traclabs Prototy$750K
Mar 2017Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf SBIR 16.3 Phase I - A Toolkit For Rapid And Verifiable Composition Of Mobile Manipulators$99K
Sep 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Nasa's Future Human Exploration Missions Will Include Remotely Operated Rovers Performing Surface Exploration And Science, As Well As Free-flyers To Reduce The Need For Human Extra Vehicular Activity. Technologies Are Needed For Remote Operation And Supervised Autonomy Of Robots. Consider The Resource Prospector (rp) Lunar Mission. For Rp It Will Be Necessary To Accomplish As Much As Possible In The Available Time. A Key Requirement For Planning Such Operations Is The Ability To Ac$750K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Current NASA Missions To The International Space Station Are Heavily Dependent Upon Ground Controllers To Assist Crew Members In Performing Routine Operations And Maintenance As Well As Responses To Off-nominal Situations. Standard Operating Procedures Are At The Heart Of Spacecraft Operations, With Almost 5000 Procedures For Iss Alone. Performing These Procedures Often Requires Close Collaboration Between Ground Controllers Who Have Deep Knowledge Of The Spacecraft's Systems And $125K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Future Human Space Flight Missions Will Take Astronauts Deeper Into Space And Require Increased Crew Independence From Earth-based Flight Controllers (crew Autonomy). Consequently, They Will Need To Perform More Tasks And A Greater Diversity Of Tasks. A Critical Resource For Meeting These Challenges Is Greater Reliance On Robots That Can Operate With More Autonomously [NASA Roadmap TA4]. Greater Robot Autonomy Will Require Astronauts To Manage Remote Robots Operating Concurrently W$125K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Technical Abstract (limit 2000 Characters, Approximately 200 Words) Spacecraft Automation Has The Potential To Assist Crew Members And Spacecraft Operators In Managing Spacecraft Systems During Extended Space Missions. Automation Can Monitor Critical Resources, Perform Routine Tasks, Respond To Unexpected Events, And Manage The Overall Operation Of On-board Systems. Current NASA Missions To The International Space Station (iss) Are Heavily Dependent Upon Ground Controllers To Assist$125K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Test Procedures Are At The Heart Of Any Experimental Process, Especially Those Involving Novel And Complex Hardware. Whether These Procedures Are For System Check-out, Experimental Set-up, Data Collection, Or Operating The Test Article, Following Appropriate Procedures And Auditing The Results Of These Procedures Brings Rigor And Repeatability To The Experimental Process. Typically, Test Procedures Are Written In Microsoft Word Or Excel And Then Printed Out. Data Entry Is Done By Pe$125K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Adaptive Resource Estimation and Visualization for Planning Robotic Missions$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf As Space Missions Grow Longer And More Complex, It Will Be Useful For Humanoid Robots To Take Over Routine And Maintenance Duties. Such Robots Will Need To Be Able To Follow Procedures That Were Originally Authored For Human Agents. Unfortunately, Subtasks That Are Trivial For A Human Can Be Incredibly Complex For A Robot To Execute, And Many Assumptions About The Capabilities And State Of The Agent Can Be Hidden In The Procedure. If Humanoids Are To Become Truly Useful In This Cont$125K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase II · CRAFTSMAN: A Framework for Flexible Robotic Tool Usage$749K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · DOD 2012-3 SBIR Solicitation$989K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Topic Number OSD14.1-AU3 Human-robot Performance - Test, Evaluate, Analyze, And Measure (team)$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Traclabs, Inc. SBIR I$150K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Many Of Nasa's Exploration Scenarios Include Important Roles For Autonomous Or Partially Autonomous Robots. It Is Desirable For Them To Utilize Human Tools When Possible, Rather Than Needing To Build Custom Tools For Each Robot. Control Of Robotic Manipulators For Tool Usage Generally Requires A Very Precise Cartesian-space Trajectory Of The Tool Tip (e.g., Moving A Marker Along The Surface Of A Whiteboard Or Rotating A Screwdriver About An Axis). Well-known Techniques Exist For Man$125K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Semantic Language And Tools For Reporting Human Factors Incidents$20K
Mar 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ph I Research&development$98K
Jan 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf I-hammer Interactive Autonomy For Control Of Space Assets$685K
Aug 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf It Is Often Difficult To Create Autonomous Robotic Capabilities That Match What Can Be Achieved Via Teleoperation. Even Though It Is Mechanically Possible For A Humanoid Robot Such As Robonaut 2 To Perform Complex Coordinated Tasks Such As Tying A Knot, Exchanging Objects Between End Effectors, Plugging In Connectors, Unscrewing A Cap, Opening A Door, Or Grasping Large Objects With Two Hands, Our Lack Of Planning Algorithms Makes It Difficult To Control These Behaviors Autonomously.$677K
Jul 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Plans To Use Intelligent Planetary Rovers To Improve The Productivity And Safety Of Human Explorers. A Key Challenge In Using Robots For Human Exploration Is Orienting Remote Personnel About Robot Operations, As Latency And Communication Constraints Make Eyes-on Monitoring Impractical. Summary Measures Are Needed To Identify What Progress The Robot Has Made And, When Progress Is Impeded, To Indicate What Went Wrong. Trending Measures Also Are Needed That Determine How Well Robo$697K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · DOD 2012-3 SBIR Solicitation$150K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Phase II SBIR. Yr 1: $354,296.00, Yr 2: $357,318.55$712K
Mar 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR II, Hammer Autonomous Mission Management For Satellite Systems$434K
Jan 2013Federal contractDefense · "autonomous Mission Management For Satellite Systems"$1.2M
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Architecture For Disaster Response Robots$2.6M
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR I - "i-hammer"$150K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Darpa STTR Phase I Effort Entitled, "design Of Robot-operator Interaction For Disaster Situations".$99K
May 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions- Human Robot Team Performance For Surface Telerobotics Experiment For SBIR Phase III.$84K
May 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions SBIR Phase III: (simplified Non Commercial) Assessing Human Task Performance When Performing Electronic Procedures. Traclabs Will Develop Software To Compute Measures Of Operational Effectiveness For Experiments Conducted In The Habitat Demonstration Unit (hdu) - Deep Space Habitat (dsh) Under The Amo Project.$30K
Apr 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - Automation And Autonomy Technologies, Such As Automated Planning Software, Are Key Elements In Realizing The Vision For Space Exploration. However, The Major Stumbling Block To Realizing The Widespread Use Of Automation Tools For Operations Is Capturing And Maintaining The Domain Models -- The Object Types And Subtypes, Relationships Among Them And Operational Constraints -- Needed To Support Such Techniques. Our Success In Phase 1 Showed That It Is Possible For S$695K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · It Is Often Difficult To Create Autonomous Robotic Capabilities That Match What Can Be Achieved Via Teleoperation. Even Though It Is Mechanically Possible For A Humanoid Robot Such As Robonaut 2 To Perform Complex Coordinated Tasks Such As Tying A Knot, Exchanging Objects Between End Effectors, Plugging In Connectors, Unscrewing A Cap, Opening A Door, Or Grasping Large Objects With Two Hands, Our Lack Of Planning Algorithms Makes It Difficult To Control These Behaviors Autonomously. The Lack Of $124K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · Maintenance Operations And Scientific Research On The International Space Station (iss) Require Active Monitoring. Currently The Majority Of Monitoring And Recording Of Data Is Performed By The Iss Crew. These Tasks, Albeit Relatively Passive, Often Consume Large Blocks Of A Crew Member???s Time. In The Future, It Would Be Desirable To Offload Much Of This Observational Work Onto Experts And Technicians On The Ground, Enabling The Iss Crew Members To Focus On Setup, Control, And Other Tasks Requ$124K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · As Ground Operations Personnel And Crew Manage The Operations Of Orbiting And Exploration Spacecraft, Inevitably Anomalies Will Arise. Resolving Anomalies In Real-time And Preventing Their Future Occurrence Can Be Difficult. Operations Personnel Must Capture The Conditions Leading Up To The Anomaly From Voluminous Telemetry Logs; The Development Of A Workaround Is A Trial And Error Process; Users Must Also Determine If The Anomaly Affects A Piece Of Equipment Or A Class Of Equipment; And The Rec$125K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · NASA Plans To Use Intelligent Planetary Rovers To Improve The Productivity And Safety Of Human Explorers. A Key Challenge In Using Robots To Support Human Exploration Is Orienting Remote Personnel About Robot Operations As Latency And Communication Constraints Make Real-time Monitoring Impractical. Communication Bandwidth Will Be Limited, Making It Essential To Downlink Important Information Early. Periods With No Communication Will Require Ground Operations To Catch Up Quickly When Communicatio$125K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · Ten Of Thousands Of Hours Of Video Footage Already Exist And Countless More Hours Will Be Logged As Spacecraft Continue To Orbit The Earth And Explore The Solar System. These Video Logs Contain Immeasurable Amounts Of Useful Data On Crew Social Interactions, Crew Task Performance, And Crew-vehicle Interaction. Currently, These Videos Must Be Searched And Indexed By Hand. This Is A Long Process That Involves Many Man Hours Of Labor. Automated Video Processing Techniques Can Integrated Into A Com$125K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I - TATRC-A11A-032-0250$100K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · A Compact Visual-odometry Sensor For Unmanned Ground Vehicles. This Is A Proposal To Design A Compact Visual Odometry Sensor That Can Be Mounted On Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Visual Odometry (vo) Is A Technique That Estimates The Ego-motion From Images Perceived By Moving Cameras.$705K
Jul 2011Federal contractNASA · Future NASA Exploration Missions Will Rely On Remote Operation Of Robots. As Human Explorers Move Further Away From Earth, Robotic Precursors Will Scout Destinations And Robotic Assistants Will Perform Tasks To Reduce Astronaut Risk And Workload. 3D Visualization Is A Key Component Of How Humans Will Interact With Robots For These Missions. When The Operator Engages A Robot Using Visualization, There Is A Risk That He Or She Will Become Too Focused On What Is Happening Now In The Vicinity Of The$599K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$80K
Jun 2011Federal contractNASA · The Proposed Innovation Is A Hybrid Simulation Module To Replace The Current "behavioral Sim" In Jsc's Predictive Interactive Graphical Interface (pigi). Pigi Helps An Operator Compensate For Lunar-scale Time Delay, And Is Part Of Nasa's "rapid Workbench". The Behavioral Sim Acts As An Oracle, Taking Initial Conditions And A Sequence Of Commands And Producing Trajectories And Expected Final Location Of The Robot. We Propose To Provide Functionality To Extend Pigi To Manipulation Activities. This$600K
Apr 2011Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR$120K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · During Recent Robotic Field Tests, NASA Investigated The Use Of Intelligent Planetary Rovers To Improve The Productivity Of Human Explorers On Planetary Surfaces. For These Field Tests, A Remote Science Team Built Rover Plans To Collect Data That Supplements Astronaut Eva And A Remote Flight Team Supervised The Execution Of These Plans. This Model Of Operation Requires The Science Team To Generate And Revise All Plans, Often Taking A Partially Executed Plan And Quickly Updating It In Response To$99K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Automation And Autonomy Technologies, Such As Automated Planning Software, Are Key Elements In Realizing The Vision For Space Exploration. A Fundamental Requirement For Success With These Technologies Is That They Operate Using Valid Models Or Ontologies Of The Application Domains. Making Ontological Information Available To Automated Systems Is Difficult Because 1) Domain Experts Reason In Domain Terms, Not The Formal Logic Of Ontologies; 2) The States And Configurations Of The Specific Objects$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Limited Astronaut Time Can Result In High Crew Workload And Fatigue During International Space Station (iss) Operations. Additionally Crew Skills Can Decline Over Extended Mission Duration Onboard Iss. These Stressors Can Impact Task Performance Both In Terms Of Increased Errors And Decreased Efficiency. As Humans Go Deeper Into Space, These Issues Will Become Even More Pronounced. Methods Are Needed To Monitor Tasks As They Are Performed And To Detect Degraded Task Performance. Traclabs Propose$100K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Phase I STTR$99K
Aug 2010Federal contractNASA · Semantic Summarization For Context Aware Manipulation Of Data Nasa's Exploration And Scientific Missions Will Produce Terabytes Of Information. As NASA Enters A New Phase Of Space Exploration, Managing Large Amounts Of Scientific And Operational Data Will Become Even More Challenging. Robots Conducting Planetary Exploration Will Produce Data For Selection And Preparation Of Exploration Sites. Robots And Space Probes Will Collect Scientific Data To Improve Understanding Of The Solar System. Satel$600K
Jun 2010Federal contractNASA · Incidents Related To Impaired Human Performance In Space Operations Can Be Caused By Environmental Conditions, Situational Challenges, And Operational Deficiencies. Detecting, Reporting, And Correlating Related Incidents Are Key To Preventing Future Incidents. NASA Has Made Significant Progress In Standardizing The Reporting Of Space Incidents By Developing Electronic Data Entry And Storage Of Information. While Such Information Technology Improves Report Consistency, Incident Data Are Not Repre$599K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$70K
Mar 2010Federal contractNASA · Procedures Are The Accepted Means Of Commanding Spacecraft. Procedures Encode The Operational Knowledge Of A System As Derived From System Experts, Testing, Training And Experience. In Current Space Shuttle And Iss Operations Procedures Are Displayed Using Applications Separate From The Applications Used To Display Commands And Telemetry. This Means That Procedures Cannot Interact With Commands And Telemetry To Help An Operator's Situation Awareness. This Leads To Slower Procedure Performance An$600K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phi/traclabs$120K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · "autonomous Mission Management Satellite Systems"$674K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I$99K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · 3D Visualization Has Proven Effective At Orienting Remote Ground Controllers About Robots Operating On A Planetary Surface. Using Such Displays, Controllers Can Watch A Robot Move Through Surface Terrain Maps And React To Objects In That Terrain. Readings Taken In The Robot's Surroundings Can Be Overlaid On Terrain Maps To Improve Human Understanding. 3D Visualization, However, Focuses A Controller's Attention On What Is Happening In The Vicinity Of The Robot. The Effectiveness Of Visualization $100K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · Complex Space Systems Such As Lunar Habitats Generate Huge Amounts Of Data. For Example, The International Space Station (iss) Has Over 250,000 Individually Identified Pieces Of Low-level Telemetry And Commands. Innovative Algorithms For Collecting And Analyzing This Data Are Leading To New Technologies For Managing Large, Complex And Distributed Systems. Lunar Habitats Will Have Multiple Interacting Subsystems That Govern Their Behavior And Performance. Assessing The Health Of The Different Sub$100K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · NASA Is Investigating Robots For A Variety Of Tasks In Space, Including Astronaut Transport, Habitat Construction, Site Survey, And Robotic Reconnaissance. These Robots May Be Supervised Locally By Astronauts Or Remotely By Earth-based Controllers. Thus Surface Operations Are Expected To Be Multi-agent, With Heterogeneous Robots Operating Concurrently And Supervised From Remote Locations Subject To Different Communication Delays. Technologies Are Needed To Help Humans Understand How Multi-agent $100K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · Prior To Human Arrival, Lunar Robots Will Conduct A Variety Of Precursor Operations. Some Of These Will Need Supervision From Earth. After Humans Arrive, Robots Will Continue To Follow A Mix Of Autonomy, Local Control, And Ground Control. For Best Utility, A Strong Model Is Needed Of The Expected Responses Of The Robots To Various Commands. Such A Model Enables Procedure Authors To Verify Expected Outcomes, Enhances Situational Awareness For Remote Operators In The Presence Of Time Delay, And Pr$100K
Dec 2009Federal contractNASA · The New Exploration Initiative, And The Planned New Antenna Types To Be Developed In Support Of That Initiative Will Increase The Number And Complexity Of Missions To Be Supported By The NASA Space Communications Infrastructure. In A New Concept, The Communications Architecture Will Evolve From The Present Centralized System To One Where User/missions Will Be Given Direct Control Of Communication Schedules, Allowing Them To Directly Change Requests, While Working With Other User/missions To Solv$599K
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa STTR Phase II$750K
Feb 2009Federal contractNASA · Enhancing Nasa's Procedure Representation Language To Support Planning Operations Automation And Autonomy Are Key Elements In Realizing The Vision For Space Exploration. The NASA Exploration Technology Development Program (etdp) Has Been Developing Several Core Autonomy Capabilities, One Of Which Is Called A Procedure Representation Language (prl). Prl Can Be Automatically Translated Into Code That Can Be Executed By Nasa-developed Autonomous Executives. Another Type Of Automation Being Develop$600K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Embedding Procedure Assistance Into Mission Control Tools Procedures Are The Accepted Means Of Commanding Spacecraft. Procedures Encode The Operational Knowledge Of A System As Derived From System Experts, Testing, Training And Experience. NASA Has Tens Of Thousands Of Procedures For Space Shuttle And The International Space Station, Which Are Used Daily By Both Flight Controllers And Crew. It Is Expected That The New Constellation Vehicles, Including Orion, Altair And Lunar Habitats, Will Hav$99K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Intelligent Agents For Scheduling Space Communications With The Advent Of The New Exploration Initiative, The Number Of Customers And Missions To Be Supported By The NASA Space Communications Infrastructure Will Increase Dramatically. As Well, New Antenna Types To Be Developed In Support Of Exploration Will Increase, Thus Increasing The Complexity Of Constraints Governing The Use Of Space Communications Assets. In A New Concept, The Communications Architecture Will Evolve From The Present Legac$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Semantic Summarization For Context Aware Manipulation Of Data Intelligent Robots For Planetary Exploration Produce A Wealth Of Information - Both Science Data Collected By The Robots And Data About Remote Robotic Operations. The Management And Analysis Of This Data Provides Unique Opportunities As Well As Significant Challenges For Both Science And Rover Operations, Including Understanding And Summarizing What Data Have Been Collected And Using This Knowledge To Improve Data Access. Traclabs Pro$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Incidents Related To Impaired Human Performance In Space Operations Can Be Caused By Environmental Conditions, Situational Challenges, And Operational Deficiencies. Detecting, Reporting, And Correlating Related Incidents Are Key To Preventing Future Incidents. NASA Has Made Significant Progress In Standardizing The Reporting Of Aviation Incidents By Developing Electronic Forms For Reporting Incidents. While Such Forms Improve Report Consistency, Incident Data Are Not Represented In A Way That En$100K
Feb 2008Federal contractNASA · A Data Abstraction Architecture For Spacecraft Autonomy$600K
Jan 2008Federal contractNASA · Robotic Systems Will Be Deeply Integrated Into Future Human Exploration Of The Lunar Surface. Prior To Human Arrival, They Will Conduct Scientific Investigations, Explore Potential Habitation Sites, Prepare Infrastructure, And Construct The Necessary Facilities For Human Occupation And Activity. When Humans Are Present, Robotic Systems Will Assist And Support Them In The Various Activities Of Exploration And Habitation. Given The Great Cost Of Developing Such Systems, Transporting Them To The Mo$599K
Jan 2008Federal contractNASA · Enhancing Nasa's Procdure Representation Language To Support Planning Operations$100K
Dec 2007Federal contractNASA · A Software Framework For Coordinating Human-robot Teams$600K
Dec 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1$99K

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USPTO · 2 granted of 4

Dec 12, 2024PendingGenerative Adversarial Networks For Detecting Erroneous ResultsUSPTOApplication 18659998
Jul 3, 2018GrantedSystem And Method For Executing Operations Specificed In A Procedure LangaugeUSPTOUS 10,013,266
Oct 25, 2016GrantedApparatus, Systems, And Methods For Reconfigurable Robotic Manipulator And CouplingUSPTOUS 9,475,199

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Generative Adversarial Networks For Detecting Erroneous ResultsDec 12, 2024 · Application 18659998Pending
System And Method For Executing Operations Specificed In A Procedure LangaugeJul 3, 2018 · US 10,013,266Granted
Apparatus, Systems, And Methods For Reconfigurable Robotic Manipulator And CouplingOct 25, 2016 · US 9,475,199Granted
Generative Adversarial Networks For Detecting Erroneous ResultsApplication 63500984Pending

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