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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
1999 Phase
II
High Precision Autonomous Vehicle Operation
American GNC Corporation
Simi Valley, CA
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INNOVATION
High precision tracking, guidance,
navigation and control system for the Mars sample return mission
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Small Unit Provides for Route Planning
and Vehicle Safety in Consumer Applications
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed an integrated software/hardware
solution for sensing direction and position of asteroid landing and planetary
surface rover operations
- Developed algorithms for sensory
information management, and feature detection and tracking
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Commercial sales approaching $1 million for
robotic vehicles in security and industrial applications
- Applied in land vehicles, ships,
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVS), racing cars, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Onboard satellite/planetary
surface guidance, navigation and control for future NASA mission
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