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Scheduling Technology

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  • ASPEN can support a variety of planning and scheduling applications including spacecraft operations planning, planning for mission design, surface rover planning, ground antenna utilization planning, and coordinated multiple rover planning.
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    ASPEN

    Automated Scheduling and Planning ENvironment

    ASPEN can support a variety of planning and scheduling applications including spacecraft operations planning, planning for mission design, surface rover planning, ground antenna utilization planning, and coordinated multiple rover planning.
  • CASPER uses iterative repair to support continuous modification and updating of a current working plan in light of changing operating context.
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    CASPER

    Continuous Activity Scheduling Planning Execution and Replanning

    CASPER uses iterative repair to support continuous modification and updating of a current working plan in light of changing operating context.
  • Eagle Eye is a scheduler for Earth-observing spacecraft
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    Eagle Eye

    Agile Observation Planning

    Eagle Eye is a scheduler for Earth-observing spacecraft
  • CLASP project is a long-range scheduler for space-based or aerial instruments that can be modeled as pushbrooms
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    CLASP

    Compressed Large-scale Activity Scheduling and Planning

    CLASP project is a long-range scheduler for space-based or aerial instruments that can be modeled as pushbrooms
  • MEXEC is a library for coupled planning and execution.
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    MEXEC

    Onboard Task Planning and Execution

    MEXEC is a library for coupled planning and execution.
  • MEXEC is a library for coupled planning and execution.

Current Projects

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  • Aerie is the next-generation multi-mission activity planning, simulation, and sequencing software in development at JPL
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    Aerie/Clipper Scheduler

    Aerie is the next-generation multi-mission activity planning, simulation, and sequencing software in development at JPL
  • CADRE is a mission to the moon that includes a base station and three rovers for exploring the lunar surface and subsurface.
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    CADRE Strategic Planner

    Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers

    CADRE is a mission to the moon that includes a base station and three rovers for exploring the lunar surface and subsurface.
  • We describe novel distributed algorithms to allocate observations in a constellation
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    Distributed Constellations

    Scheduling and Execution

    We describe novel distributed algorithms to allocate observations in a constellation
  • We benchmark a suite of flight software (FSW) applications on various computing platforms onboard ISS
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    Dynamic Tasking

    Scheduling and Execution

    We benchmark a suite of flight software (FSW) applications on various computing platforms onboard ISS
  • ECOSTRESS seeks to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress.
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    ECOSTRESS

    Automated Science Scheduling

    ECOSTRESS seeks to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress.
  • EMIT is a mission to map the surface mineralogy of arid dust source regions via imaging spectroscopy.
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    EMIT

    Automated Mission Analysis

    EMIT is a mission to map the surface mineralogy of arid dust source regions via imaging spectroscopy.
  • MASCOT is a testbed for autonomy software
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    MASCOT

    Multi-mission Autonomous Spacecraft Operations Testbed

    MASCOT is a testbed for autonomy software
  • Mars2020 has an onboard scheduler help the rover independently adapt to execution variances on the surface of Mars
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    M2020

    Onboard Automated Scheduling

    Mars2020 has an onboard scheduler help the rover independently adapt to execution variances on the surface of Mars
  • We developed a completely autonomous federated scheduling system with modular inputs
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    NOS Sensorweb

    New Observing Strategies

    We developed a completely autonomous federated scheduling system with modular inputs
  • OCO-3 measures atmospheric carbon dioxide from space.
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    OCO-3

    Automated Scheduling

    OCO-3 measures atmospheric carbon dioxide from space.
  • We automatedly diagnose the system’s health and flight-readiness after a flight is executed in order to determine if the system is ready to safely perform a subsequent flight, without invoking a full ground cycle
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    OUTLAST

    Ingenuity Onboard Automated Health Assessment

    We automatedly diagnose the system’s health and flight-readiness after a flight is executed in order to determine if the system is ready to safely perform a subsequent flight, without invoking a full ground cycle
  • The Sensor Web Project uses a network of sensors linked by software and the internet to an autonomous satellite observation response capability.
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    Volcano Sensorweb

    The Sensor Web Project uses a network of sensors linked by software and the internet to an autonomous satellite observation response capability.
  • We are analyizing concepts for the Surface Biuology and Geology mission concept
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    Surface Biology and Geology (SBG)

    Surface Biology and Geology

    We are analyizing concepts for the Surface Biuology and Geology mission concept
  • Global science coverage of a 5-spacecraft constellation evaluated in the SDC study
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    Surface Deformation and Change (SDC)

    AI-based automated coverage analysis for the Surface, Deformation, and Change decadal survey mission concept

    Global science coverage of a 5-spacecraft constellation evaluated in the SDC study
  • SMICES is a small-sat concept in which a primary radar intelligently targets ice storms based on information collected by a lookahead radiometer
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    AI Smarts for an Ice Hunting Radar: SMart ICE cloud Sensing (SMICES)

    Scheduling and Execution

    SMICES is a small-sat concept in which a primary radar intelligently targets ice storms based on information collected by a lookahead radiometer
  • SSS supports automated scheduling of Deep Space Network antenna
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    DSN - SSS

    Deep Space Network Service Scheduling Software

    SSS supports automated scheduling of Deep Space Network antenna
  • We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
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    Efficient Task Network Generation

    We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
  • We focus on performing autonomous science underwater with limited to no human interaction.
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    Autonomous Exploration of Seafloor Fluid Flow

    We focus on performing autonomous science underwater with limited to no human interaction.
  • VISTA is a technology for moving spacecraft to autonomously obtain precise measurements of dynamic features leveraging planning and perception.
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    VISTA

    Vision-Based Integrated Science Tracking Autonomy

    VISTA is a technology for moving spacecraft to autonomously obtain precise measurements of dynamic features leveraging planning and perception.
  • VISTA is a technology for moving spacecraft to autonomously obtain precise measurements of dynamic features leveraging planning and perception.

Past Projects

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  • Demonstrated that MEXEC can be integrated and used for spacecraft operations
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    Mexec on ASTERIA

    Scheduling and Execution

    Demonstrated that MEXEC can be integrated and used for spacecraft operations
  • HyspIRI's can collect massive amounts of earth science data.
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    HyspIRI IPM

    Intelligent Payload Module

    HyspIRI's can collect massive amounts of earth science data.
  • We enable spacecrafts to better react to unexpected opportunities and mission uncertainty.
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    Agile Science

    We enable spacecrafts to better react to unexpected opportunities and mission uncertainty.
  • Europa Lander is a concept for a potential future mission that would look for signs of life in the icy surface material of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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    Europa Lander Advanced Prototype

    Scheduling and Execution

    Europa Lander is a concept for a potential future mission that would look for signs of life in the icy surface material of Jupiter's moon Europa.
  • SRRs make use of high-level guidance from operators to select their own situational activities and respond to unexpected conditions
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    Self-Reliant Rovers

    SRRs make use of high-level guidance from operators to select their own situational activities and respond to unexpected conditions
  • We study multi-rover coordination techniques to allow vehicles to autonomously explore the unknown environments of planetary caves
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    Planetary Cave Rovers

    We study multi-rover coordination techniques to allow vehicles to autonomously explore the unknown environments of planetary caves
  • We provide underwater vehicles with autonomy to detect and track oceanographic features
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    Marine Autonomy

    Satellites to the Seafloor

    We provide underwater vehicles with autonomy to detect and track oceanographic features
  • MOSAIC demonstrated distributed and shared computing for multi-agent systems.
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    MOSAIC

    Mars On-site Shared Analytics, Information & Computing

    MOSAIC demonstrated distributed and shared computing for multi-agent systems.
  • We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
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    Mission Operations Planning for Increasingly Autonomous Spacecraft

    Operations, Autonomy, Scheduling and Execution

    We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
  • RELIC uses automated heuristic-guided orbit optimization and mission scheduling algorithms to assist in the mission design process.
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    RELIC

    Automated Constellation Design

    RELIC uses automated heuristic-guided orbit optimization and mission scheduling algorithms to assist in the mission design process.
  • ASE enables intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting
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    ASE

    Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment

    ASE enables intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting
  • 3CS consists of three coordinated satellites
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    3CS

    Three Corner Satellite

    3CS consists of three coordinated satellites
  • We demonstrated on-orbit servicing of spacecraft, including rendezvous, transfer of battery, and propellant.
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    Orbital Express

    We demonstrated on-orbit servicing of spacecraft, including rendezvous, transfer of battery, and propellant.
  • An underwater robot swarm measuring melt rate under Antarctic ice shelves to help predict future sea-level rise
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    IceNode

    IceNode: a Buoyant Vehicle for Acquiring Well-Distributed, Long-Duration Melt Rate Measurements under Ice Shelves

    An underwater robot swarm measuring melt rate under Antarctic ice shelves to help predict future sea-level rise
  • IPEX classifies images onboard to extract interesting regions for downlink in acquired imagery.
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    IPEX

    Intelligent Payload Experiment

    IPEX classifies images onboard to extract interesting regions for downlink in acquired imagery.
  • Adaptive sensing can improve on these approaches by utilizing online analysis of the target phenomena to direct sensing assets to collect the most advantageous observations.
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    Planning Observations for Intelligent Science Experimentation (POISE)

    POISE

    Adaptive sensing can improve on these approaches by utilizing online analysis of the target phenomena to direct sensing assets to collect the most advantageous observations.
  • Rosetta was a mission by the ESA to conduct the most detailed exploration of a comet ever performed.
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    Rosetta

    Automated Activity Scheduling and Data Management

    Rosetta was a mission by the ESA to conduct the most detailed exploration of a comet ever performed.
  • We automatically detect flooded areas, alert interested parties, and acquire high resolution imagery
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    Thailand Flood Sensorweb

    We automatically detect flooded areas, alert interested parties, and acquire high resolution imagery
  • UAVSAR demonstrates onboard interpretation of radar data and autonomous response to retask vehicles and instruments.
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    UAVSAR

    Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar

    UAVSAR demonstrates onboard interpretation of radar data and autonomous response to retask vehicles and instruments.
  • We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
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    Multi-Robot Operations for Exploration of Subterranean Environment

    SubT

    We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
  • SWOT will conduct a global survey of Earth’s surface water with unprecedented resolution.
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    SWOT Station Keeping

    Surface Water and Ocean Topography

    SWOT will conduct a global survey of Earth’s surface water with unprecedented resolution.
  • We developed a wavefront algorithm for path planning in time varying currents based on an earliest valid arrival criterion
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    Planning and Prosecution for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

    We developed a wavefront algorithm for path planning in time varying currents based on an earliest valid arrival criterion
  • We use batch and continuous planning to measure ocean currents
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    Autonomous Profiling Floats

    We use batch and continuous planning to measure ocean currents
  • We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
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    WATCH/SPOTTER

    WATCH/SPOTTER on Mars Exploration Rovers

    We make spacecraft commanding more efficient
  • We benchmark a suite of flight software (FSW) applications on various computing platforms onboard ISS
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    Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Flight Computing on the International Space Station

    Scheduling and Execution

    We benchmark a suite of flight software (FSW) applications on various computing platforms onboard ISS

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