Autonomy Workshop (Extreme Access and Excavation & Construction)
Monday, August 21, 2023 -Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Venue: Virtual (Zoom information to be sent to registrants 1-2 days before the event)
Autonomy Workshop 2023 Recording
We are happy to announce a Joint EC/EA virtual LSIC Autonomy Workshop on August 21-22, 2023!
The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) is proud to announce a Joint Autonomy Workshop hosted by the Extreme Access (EA) and Excavation and Construction (E&C) focus groups, August 21-22, 2023, virtually on Zoom. This workshop aims to foster communication around current paradigms for autonomy. While we see sufficient maturity in autonomous systems on Earth, there is room for improvement for autonomous applications on the Moon and beyond. In this workshop key technical leaders from industry, academia, and NASA will explore how autonomy can positively impact and shape operations on the surface of the Moon. The aim is to engage with the broader community so that we are aligned in our perspective of autonomous operations and expected challenges.
Objective for the Workshop: the goal of this joint workshop is to gather the lunar community to exchange ideas on autonomy and how it may support an enduring presence on the Moon and NASA’s Moon-to-Mars objectives. We aim to explore emerging autonomy technologies that could enable or enhance mission capabilities, reduce mission risk, and reduce mission cost. Also we would like everyone to have the opportunity to identify potential collaborations, partnerships, or linkages involving government, industry, and/or academia that could enable these technologies. Panel discussions featuring experts from industry, academia, and NASA will explore autonomy-related themes and foster stakeholder interactions. Workshop participants will participate in Q&A and breakout sessions to discuss how advanced autonomy can impact operations, identify gaps in technology development to meet mission needs, and propose methods to infuse beneficial technologies into the larger autonomous systems ecosystem.
The Autonomy Workshop will be divided into four sessions: 1) Autonomous Systems, Situational and Self Awareness, Reasoning and Acting, 2) Collaborative Systems, 3) Applications in Autonomy on the Lunar Surface, and 4) Challenges in Autonomy. Each session will include: a) A panel discussion where panelists will briefly introduce their work followed by addressing questions from the planning committee and the community, b) Three 10-minute presentations on the session topic, followed by a Q&A, and c) A networking discussion with the workshop attendees to encourage community conversation and collaboration, led by a subject matter expert in the field.
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Day 1 - Monday, August 21, 2023
Start Time (ET) | Total Time (min) | Topic | Speaker/Facilitator/SMEs | |
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10:00 AM | 15 | Welcome & Introduction | Kevin Somervill (NASA) | |
SESSION 1: Autonomous Systems, Situational and Self Awareness, Reasoning and Acting | Alhassan Yasin (JHU/APL) | |||
10:15 AM | 40 | Panel Discussion 1 |
Andrew Petruska (CSM) Emma Holmes (JHU/APL) Rama Chellappa (JHU) |
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10:55 AM | 10 | Break | ||
11:05 AM | 30 | Presentations 1 |
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The Future of Precision Lunar Localization | Alex Pletta & Ben Younes (Astrobotic) | |||
Autonomy Technologies for Sytems of a Moon Base | Fernando Figueroa (ASL, NASA) | |||
Autonomous Systems, Humans, and Reliability | Jim Bellingham (JHU) | |||
11:35 AM | 10 | Q&A | ||
11:45 AM | 60 | Lunch Break | ||
12:45 PM | 60 | Networking Discussion 1 | ||
Breakout: Situational and Self-Awareness |
Tom Cheng (JHU/APL) Alhassan Yasin (JHU/APL) Terry Fong (NASA) |
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Breakout: Reasoning and Acting / Trust in Autonomous Systems |
John Gersh (JHU/APL) Bob Chalmers (JHU/APL) Julie Obenauer-Motley (JHU/APL) Matt Fifer (JHU/APL) |
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1:45 PM | 10 | Break | ||
SESSION 2: Collaborative Systems | Sarah Hasnain & Jibu Abraham (JHU/APL) | |||
1:55 PM | 40 | Panel Discussion 2 |
Grace Gao (Stanford) Edward Chow (NASA) Julie Obenauer-Motley (JHU/APL) |
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2:35 PM | 10 | Break | ||
2:45 PM | 30 | Presentations 2 |
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Human-Collaborative Robotic Autonomy: Earth-Moon maturation | Eddie Tunstel (Motiv Space Systems) | |||
Human-Machine Teaming Challenges for Future Operations | Lynn Reggia (JHU/APL) | |||
Intuitive Delay-Tolerant Control of Dexterous Dual-Arm Robots | Dave Handelman (JHU/APL) | |||
3:15 PM | 10 | Q&A | ||
3:25 PM | 10 | Break | ||
3:35 PM | 60 | Networking Discussion 2 | ||
Breakout: Human-Machine Teaming |
John Gersh (JHU/APL) Matt Fifer (JHU/APL) Bobby Wilson (JHU/APL) |
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Breakout: Machine-Machine Teaming / Swarms |
Jean-Pierre de la Croix (NASA) Amir Rahmani (NASA) Bob Bamberger (JHU/APL) Terry Fong (NASA) |
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4:35 PM | 25 | Day 1 Closing Remarks | ||
5:00 PM | End of Day 1 |
Day 2 - Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Start Time (ET) | Total Time (min) | Topic | Speaker/Facilitator |
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10:00 AM | 15 | Opening Remarks & Summary of Day 1 | |
SESSION 3: Lunar Applications in Autonomy | Danielle Mortensen (JHU/APL) | ||
10:15 AM | 40 | Panel Discussion 3 |
Terry Fong (NASA) Alhassan Yasin (JHU/APL) Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics) |
10:55 AM | 10 | Break | |
11:05 AM | 30 | Presentations 3 |
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Mining Technologies for Lunar Surface Infrastructure | Doug Morrison (CEMI) | ||
Gateway - Autonomous Control of Human Spacecraft | Julia Badger (NASA) | ||
Autonomous Site Preparation: Excavation, Compaction, and Testing (ASPECT) | Neil Dantam (CSM) | ||
11:35 AM | 10 | Q&A | |
11:45 AM | 60 | Lunch Break | |
12:45 PM | 60 | Networking Discussion 3 | |
Breakout: Lunar Perception and Sensing |
Matt Fifer (JHU/APL) Bob Bamberger (JHU/APL) Terry Fong (NASA) Issa Nesnas (NASA) |
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Breakout: Lunar Environment |
Danette Allen (NASA) Kristen John (NASA) |
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1:45 PM | 10 | Break | |
SESSION 4: Challenges in Autonomy | Stacy Teng (JHU/APL) | ||
1:55 PM | 40 | Panel Discussion 4 |
Cam Dickinson (MDA) Julia Antoniou (MathWorks) Becca Bonham-Carter (MCSS) |
2:35 PM | 10 | Break | |
2:45 PM | 30 | Presentations 4 |
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Resilient Robotic Autonomy: Methods and Systems | Kostas Alexis (NTNU) | ||
Challenges in Developing Advanced Autonomous Navigation for the Moon | Craig Knuth (JHU/APL) | ||
Considerations for T&E of Autonomous Systems | Ed Brouwers (JHU/APL) | ||
3:15 PM | 10 | Q&A | |
3:25 PM | 10 | Break | |
3:35 PM | 60 | Networking Discussion 4 | |
Breakout: Software Challenges |
Matt Fifer (JHU/APL) Amir Rahmani (NASA) Terry Fong (NASA) James Curbo (JHU/APL) Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay (NASA) |
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Breakout: Hardware Challenges | Issa Nesnas (NASA) | ||
4:35 PM | 15 | Day 2 Closing Remarks & Next Steps for LSIC | Wes Fuhrman (JHU/APL) |
4:50 PM | 10 | Attendee Feedback on the Workshop | |
5:00 PM | End of Day 2 |
Event Details
Date: Monday, August 21, 2023 - Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Location: Virtual (Zoom information to be sent to registrants 1-2 days before the event)
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Post-Event Media
Day | Session | Time | Title | Presenter | Details |
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Dimi Apostolopoulos
Protoinnovations
Jason Arcido
Luke Barbano
Dean Bergman
Director of Business Development
Honeybee Robotics
Jacob Bleacher
Chief Exploration Scientist of Advanced Exploration Systems
Bobby Braun
Space Exploration Sector Head
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Kent Bress
Deputy Associate Administrator (acting)
Office of International and Interagency Relations, NASA
Shawn Britton
NASA Liaison
DARPA
Quintin Bullock
President
Community College of Allegheny County
Ben Bussey, PhD.
Chief Scientist
Intuitive Machines
Honorable Matt Cartwright
Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
A.C. Charania
Chief Technologist
NASA
LSII E&C Systems Integration Lead
Ahsan Choudhuri
Associate Vice President for Aerospace Center and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Timothy Cichan
Space Exploration Architect
Lockheed Martin
Tim Cole
Subha Comandur
Project Manager for CADRE
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Prasun Desai
Associate Administrator (Acting) of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
NASA
Chris Dreyer
Colorado School of Mines
Raewyn Duvall
Carnegie Mellon University
Walt Engelund
Dep. Assoc. Admin. for Programs
NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate
Bob Esser
Shawn Fernando
Remote Operations Manager
Woodside Energy
Pat Forrester
Director ofCross-Directorate Technical Integration
NASA SOMD
Jim Free
Associate Administrator
NASA
Peter Frye
Space Applications Manager
Westinghouse
Carol Galica
Lead, LSII Strategy & Planning
Andrew Gerger
Kurt Gonter
LSII CC Systems Integration Lead (Extreme Environments, Dust Mitigation, Simulants)
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
EE Science Advisor
Michael Hamilton
Auburn University
Daoru Han
Missouri S&T
Craig Hardgrove
Principal Investigator of LunaH-Map; Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration
Dan Hendrickson
Vice President of Business Development
Astrobotic
LSII ISRU Systems Integration Lead
Elizabeth Hyde
USGS
Stephen Izon
Evan Jensen
Vice President of Strategic R&D
ICON Technology Inc.
Heather Jones
Carnegie Mellon University
Zoë Karabinus
Program Director
Keystone Space Collaborative
Justine Kasznica
Keystone Space Collaborative & Babst Calland LLP
Brandon Kirkland
Chief Engineer of Mason, a Redwire tool suite
Redwire
Toyotaka Kozuki
Chief Technology Officer
GITAI
Honorable Summer Lee
Congresswoman
U.S. House of Representatives
Joseph Marlin
Deputy Chief Engineer
Firefly
Trent Martin
Vice President of Space Systems
Intuitive Machines
Becky Masterson
System Integration (SI) University Challenges
Candice Matthews Brackeen
General Partner
Lightship Capital; Director of Programming at Hillman and NewMe
Ryan McCormick
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nujoud Merancy
Deputy Associate Administrator, Strategy and Architecture Office
NASA ESDMD
Rich Miller
Michelle Munk
Acting Chief Architect
NASA SMD
Michael “Orbit” Nayak
DARPA
DM Focus Area Lead
Masami Onoda
Director of JAXA Washington, D.C. Office
JAXA
Nick Paine
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Board Member
Apptronik
Zachary Pirtle
Senior Policy Analyst
NASA
Michael Provenzano
Jackie Quinn
PRIME Project Manager
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Cathleen Richards
Interim Executive Director
Moonshot Museum
Erica Rodgers
Director of Advanced Programs
NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy
Dr. Phil Root
Director, Strategic Technology Office
DARPA
Melissa Roth
Mehak Sarang
Payloads Manager
ispace-US
Greg Schmidt
Director of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI)
Jason Schuler
Principal Investigator,
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Pablo Sobron
Impossible Sensing
Justin Starr
Endowed Professor of Advanced Technologies
Community College of Allegheny County
LSII CC Systems Integration Lead (Extreme Access, Robotics, Autonomy )
John Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Astrobotic
Harri Vanhala
Program Manager, Lunar Surface Technology Research (LuSTR)
NASA
Dr. Kurt "Spuds" Vogel
Associate Administrator
NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate
Jin Wang
The Ohio State University
Niki Werkheiser
Director for Technology Maturation in the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
Arthur Witulski
Research Associate Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vanderbilt University
Alhassan Yasin