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COMPLETED RESEARCH TASKS
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Research efforts at JPL are called tasks, and fall into four broad categories by sponsor: NASA science, NASA exploration, JPL internal, and non-NASA (typically DoD). Below is a list of completed efforts with completion dates, linked to short descriptions of the work content and the name of the lead researcher.

NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) funded:
  1. 09/30/2010 - Multi-modal Image Registration and Mapping
  2. 09/30/2010 - Tactical Rover-Based Geologic Mapping
  3. 09/30/2009 - Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
  4. 09/30/2008 - ROAMS Interface for Rover Technologies
  5. 09/30/2008 - AMASE: Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition
  6. 09/30/2008 - Reusable Robotic Software - CLARAty
  7. 09/30/2008 - Rock Hazard Detection Analysis
  8. 09/30/2008 - Large-Scale Terrain Support in ROAMS
  9. 09/28/2008 - High-Resolution Terrain Database for DSENDS
  10. 01/31/2008 - SHERPA System
  11. 12/31/2007 - DSENDS for AutoNav IPP
  12. 10/31/2007 - Rover Maintenance and Upgrades
  13. 10/31/2007 - Multi-Sensor Hazard Assessment and Safe Site Selection
  14. 10/31/2007 - Passively Imaged, Multi-Cue HDA for Safe Landing
  15. 10/31/2007 - DSENDS Enhancement
  16. 09/30/2007 - SCAIP: Integrated System for Single Command Approach and Instrument Placement
  17. 09/30/2007 - Mars Superpressure Balloons
  18. 09/30/2007 - Spacecraft Pin-Point Landing
  19. 09/30/2007 - Multi-Sensor Terrain Classification and Terrain-Adaptive Navigation for Rovers in Very Rough Terrain
  20. 09/30/2007 - Very Rough Terrain Nonholonomic Trajectory Generation and Motion Planning for Planetary Rovers
  21. 09/30/2007 - COTS Terminal Descent Sensor Flight Test
  22. 08/31/2007 - Whole Rover-Arm Coordination
  23. 07/31/2007 - Distributed Spectroscopy for Mobile Science Laboratories
  24. 07/30/2007 - Long-range Autonomous Rover Localization
  25. 05/31/2007 - Rock Detection Study for Phoenix
  26. 03/31/2007 - D* Integration into MER
  27. 01/31/2007 - Distributed Motor Controller for Flight
  28. 12/31/2006 - Athena Rover Development
  29. 12/31/2006 - DSENDS Validation
  30. 09/30/2006 - Instrument Placement Algorithm Validation
  31. 09/30/2006 - Aerocapture Systems Definition
  32. 09/30/2006 - Machine Vision Algorithm Toolbox
  33. 09/30/2006 - Moulin Ice Probe Deployment
  34. 09/30/2006 - In Situ Hydrothermal Vent Probing and Sampling Device for Microbial Analysis
  35. 09/30/2006 - Robust Autonomous Instrument Placement for Rovers
  36. 07/31/2006 - Rover-based Manipulation Technology
  37. 06/30/2006 - Rover Technology Integration - CLARAty
  38. 06/30/2006 - Rover Navigation Algorithm Validation
  39. 06/30/2006 - Visual Tracking Integration into MER
  40. 09/30/2005 - ROAMS: Rover Modeling and Simulation
  41. 09/30/2005 - SHPE/Landmark Models
  42. 09/30/2005 - MAESTRO for MSL
  43. 09/01/2005 - FIDO 5 Development
  44. 09/30/2001 - Nano Rover
  45. 09/30/1999 - PDM: Planetary Dexterous Manipulators
  46. 09/30/1998 - Long Range Science Rover

NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) funded:
  1. 01/01/2011 - Lunar Surface Operations Simulator (LSOS)
  2. 10/31/2010 - ALHAT: Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology
  3. 09/30/2010 - ATHLETE: Rough and Steep Terrain Lunar Surface Mobility
  4. 09/30/2009 - Rover for Steep Terrain Access
  5. 09/30/2007 - Lunar Wheel
  6. 12/31/2006 - Launchable and Retrievable Tetherbot Exploration System
  7. 09/30/2006 - HABBOT Two Arms Coordination
  8. 09/30/2006 - Humanoid Robot for Intelligent Handling and Assembly Tasks
  9. 04/30/2006 - A Plug-and-play Architecture for Real-time Intelligent Avionics
  10. 03/31/2006 - Telepresense for Remote Supervision of Robots
  11. 11/30/2005 - An Analytical Configuration Model for Modular Cooperative-repair Robot Teams Given Mission Constraints
  12. 11/30/2005 - Autonomous Robotic Manipulator Control
  13. 11/30/2005 - Automated Assembly and Reconfiguration of Future Large-Scale Space Systems
  14. 11/30/2005 - SimScape: Autonomy Infusion Simulation Environment
  15. 11/30/2005 - DARE: Distributed & Re-Taskable Electronics
  16. 11/30/2005 - AWIMR: Autonomous Walking Inspection and Maintenance Robot
  17. 11/30/2005 - Ultralightweight, Inflatable, Thin Film Ballutes for Earth Return from the Moon
  18. 11/30/2005 - JTARS: Joint Technical Architecture for Robotic Systems
  19. 11/30/2005 - In Space Robotic Assembly and Maintenance
  20. 11/30/2005 - SuperBot: Modular, Multifunctional, Reconfigurable Robot
  21. 11/30/2005 - PRoSPECT: Wide Area Prospecting Using Supervised Autonomous Robot
  22. 09/30/2005 - Autonomous Robotic Construction
  23. 09/30/2005 - Spiderbot: Robotic Colonies

NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (Code R):
  1. 09/30/1997 - RAMS: Robot Assisted Microsurgery
  2. 09/30/1995 - Remote Surface Inspection
  3. 09/30/1995 - Hazbot: Ground Emergency Response Vehicle
  4. 09/30/1993 - STELER: Supervised Telerobotics Laboratory
  5. 09/30/1992 - Shared and Traded Control for Remote Teleoperation
  6. 09/30/1991 - Exoskeleton
  7. 09/30/1989 - Telerobot Testbed

JPL Internal Research Programs funded:
  1. 09/30/2011 - Power Efficient Fast Traverse for Mars Rovers
  2. 09/30/2010 - Planetary Sample Sealing for Caching
  3. 09/30/2007 - SOOPS: Science Operations on Planetary Surfaces
  4. 09/30/2007 - Rover Testbed for Technology Infusion to JPL
  5. 09/30/2007 - Robotic Arm Design Process
  6. 09/30/2006 - Real-time Landmark Tracking
  7. 09/30/2006 - Tumbleweed Rover Concept for in situ Martian Exploration
  8. 09/30/2006 - Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces for Collaborative Construction
  9. 09/30/2006 - Biosleeve: Multi-electrode EMG Sleeve Human-Machine Interface
  10. 09/30/2006 - Cluster-Based MSL Simulation Data Manager For Design & Performance Space Exploration
  11. 06/30/2006 - Towards a New Generation of Spacecraft Landing Testbeds: Emulating Spacecraft Landing Dynamics on a Helicopter
  12. 09/30/2005 - Cluster-Based Large Scale Surface Rover Simulations
  13. 09/30/2005 - Distributed Rover Avionics Software
  14. 09/30/2005 - Titan Aerobots
  15. 12/31/2000 - Innovative Mobility Systems: Hopping Robots

Non-NASA funded:
  1. 12/31/2011 - Mobility Mechanics Modeling Toolkit (M3Tk)
  2. 10/02/2011 - Rapid 3D Object Visualization For Mobile Robots
  3. 10/01/2011 - Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST)
  4. 09/25/2011 - Medium Array Camera Calibration
  5. 07/17/2011 - Advanced Behaviors and Sensing for Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  6. 03/01/2011 - Autonomous Stair Climbing for Portable Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  7. 01/02/2011 - Autonomy Integration For The US Navy Griffin Demonstration
  8. 12/26/2010 - High-Resolution, Continuous Field-Of-View (FOV), Non-Rotating Imaging System Advanced Demonstration Model
  9. 10/17/2010 - GNEIMO: Generalized Internal Coordinate Molecular Dynamics Methods
  10. 10/03/2010 - Perception System Design for FCS ANS
  11. 09/26/2010 - Integrated Mission, Vehicle, and Sensor Control of the iPuma AUV
  12. 06/13/2010 - Visual Navigation of a Small Rotorcraft
  13. 01/31/2010 - Implementation and Automation of Imaging Technologies for Angel Fire
  14. 12/27/2009 - Integrated Mission, Vehicle, and Sensor Control of the I-PUMA AUV
  15. 10/25/2009 - Intelligent Autonomy for Maritime Navigation on Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  16. 09/30/2009 - Autonomy for Unmanned Sea Surface Vehicles
  17. 09/30/2009 - Water Detection
  18. 09/30/2009 - Human Detection
  19. 09/30/2008 - Learning Perception for Autonomous Navigation
  20. 09/30/2008 - Vision System Development for BigDog
  21. 09/30/2008 - Robotic Perception Technology Transfer
  22. 12/31/2007 - DARPA Urban Challenge
  23. 09/30/2007 - Implementation and Automation of Imaging Technologies
  24. 12/31/2006 - Robotics Technology Transfer
  25. 09/30/2006 - Elasmobranch Brain-Machine Interface
  26. 09/30/2006 - Enhancements for Stereo Obstacle Detection
  27. 09/30/2005 - Vision System for Autonomous Helicopter
  28. 12/31/2004 - PAUSE: Picosat and UAV Systems Engineering
  29. 09/30/2004 - JSC ISS Cell Growth Experiments with JPL Micro-Imagers
  30. 09/30/2001 - Urbie: Urban Robot
  31. 09/30/2001 - Automated Plant Micro-Propagation
  32. 09/30/1996 - MACS: Multifunction Automated Crawling System



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