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2011 NASA Honor Awards

07/19/2011
2011 NASA Honor Awards
NASA medals for Exceptional Service and Exceptional Achievement.

Several JPL roboticists are recipients of 2011 NASA Honor Awards. These are:

Richard Volpe - Exceptional Service

For exceptional service leading the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section to the forefront of flight and technology development.

Jaret Matthews - Exception Achievement

For exemplary leadership and effort in engineering the technical success of the All-Terrain Hex Limbed Extraterrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE) robotic vehicle research
project.

Intelligent Autonomy for Unmanned Vehicles Team

For exemplary performance in development and transition of first-of-its-kind intelligent autonomy technology derived from NASA flight missions to the US Navy maritime domain.