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COMPLETED RESEARCH TASKS

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.
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NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) funded:
- 09/30/2018 - BiBlade Sampler for Small Body Sample Return
- 09/30/2018 - FreeClimber
- 09/30/2018 - Advanced Development Team Extraction, Insertion, and Manipulation Testing
- 09/30/2018 - Research Rover Test Bed
- 09/30/2016 - PIXL Optical Fiducial System
- 09/25/2016 - VolcanoBots
- 09/28/2014 - Mars Rover Fast Traverse
- 09/28/2014 - Mars Sample Tube Sealing
- 09/28/2014 - Structured Light Imaging Module for Rover Navigation
- 09/29/2013 - Sample Acquisition and Caching for a Potential Mars Caching Mission
- 09/30/2012 - Combined EDL-Mobility Analysis Trade Study Tool (CEMAT)
- 09/29/2012 - MSL Mobility and Manipulation Planning
- 08/31/2012 - Multi-mission EDL Reconstruction
- 09/30/2010 - Multi-modal Image Registration and Mapping
- 09/30/2010 - Tactical Rover-Based Geologic Mapping
- 09/30/2009 - Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
- 09/30/2008 - ROAMS Interface for Rover Technologies
- 09/30/2008 - AMASE: Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition
- 09/30/2008 - Reusable Robotic Software - CLARAty
- 09/30/2008 - Rock Hazard Detection Analysis
- 09/30/2008 - Large-Scale Terrain Support in ROAMS
- 09/28/2008 - High-Resolution Terrain Database for DSENDS
- 01/31/2008 - SHERPA System
- 12/31/2007 - DSENDS for AutoNav IPP
- 10/31/2007 - Rover Maintenance and Upgrades
- 10/31/2007 - Multi-Sensor Hazard Assessment and Safe Site Selection
- 10/31/2007 - Passively Imaged, Multi-Cue HDA for Safe Landing
- 10/31/2007 - DSENDS Enhancement
- 09/30/2007 - SCAIP: Integrated System for Single Command Approach and Instrument Placement
- 09/30/2007 - Mars Superpressure Balloons
- 09/30/2007 - Spacecraft Pin-Point Landing
- 09/30/2007 - Multi-Sensor Terrain Classification and Terrain-Adaptive Navigation for Rovers in Very Rough Terrain
- 09/30/2007 - Very Rough Terrain Nonholonomic Trajectory Generation and Motion Planning for Planetary Rovers
- 09/30/2007 - COTS Terminal Descent Sensor Flight Test
- 08/31/2007 - Whole Rover-Arm Coordination
- 07/31/2007 - Distributed Spectroscopy for Mobile Science Laboratories
- 07/30/2007 - Long-range Autonomous Rover Localization
- 05/31/2007 - Rock Detection Study for Phoenix
- 03/31/2007 - D* Integration into MER
- 01/31/2007 - Distributed Motor Controller for Flight
- 12/31/2006 - Athena Rover Development
- 12/31/2006 - DSENDS Validation
- 09/30/2006 - Instrument Placement Algorithm Validation
- 09/30/2006 - Aerocapture Systems Definition
- 09/30/2006 - Machine Vision Algorithm Toolbox
- 09/30/2006 - Moulin Ice Probe Deployment
- 09/30/2006 - In Situ Hydrothermal Vent Probing and Sampling Device for Microbial Analysis
- 09/30/2006 - Robust Autonomous Instrument Placement for Rovers
- 07/31/2006 - Rover-based Manipulation Technology
- 06/30/2006 - Rover Technology Integration - CLARAty
- 06/30/2006 - Rover Navigation Algorithm Validation
- 06/30/2006 - Visual Tracking Integration into MER
- 09/30/2005 - ROAMS: Rover Modeling and Simulation
- 09/30/2005 - SHPE/Landmark Models
- 09/30/2005 - MAESTRO for MSL
- 09/01/2005 - FIDO 5 Development
- 09/30/2001 - Nano Rover
- 09/30/1999 - PDM: Planetary Dexterous Manipulators
- 09/30/1998 - Long Range Science Rover
- NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD):
- 09/30/2017 - A Microspine Gripper for the proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission
- 12/31/2016 - Surface Exploration Analysis and Simulation
- 12/31/2015 - ATHLETE Low Gravity Testbed
- 09/30/2013 - Prototype Grapple Arm for Space Exploration Vehicle
- NASA Space Exploration Technology Directorate (STMD):
- 09/30/2019 - Autonomous PUFFER
- 09/30/2019 - Titan Precision Landing
- 03/31/2017 - PUFFER Concept Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robots
- 09/25/2016 - Ocean Worlds Mobility and Sensing Concepts
- NASA Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT):
- 02/28/2019 - SPARROW: Steam Propelled Autonomous Retrieval Robot for Ocean Worlds
- 09/30/2016 - Orbiting Rainbows
- 03/31/2015 - Comet Hitchhiker
- 06/30/2014 - Transformers for Extreme Environments
- 09/23/2012 - Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies
- NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) funded:
- 01/01/2011 - Lunar Surface Operations Simulator (LSOS)
- 10/31/2010 - ALHAT: Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology
- 09/30/2010 - ATHLETE: Rough and Steep Terrain Lunar Surface Mobility
- 09/30/2009 - Rover for Steep Terrain Access
- 09/30/2007 - Lunar Wheel
- 12/31/2006 - Launchable and Retrievable Tetherbot Exploration System
- 09/30/2006 - HABBOT Two Arms Coordination
- 09/30/2006 - Humanoid Robot for Intelligent Handling and Assembly Tasks
- 04/30/2006 - A Plug-and-play Architecture for Real-time Intelligent Avionics
- 03/31/2006 - Telepresense for Remote Supervision of Robots
- 11/30/2005 - An Analytical Configuration Model for Modular Cooperative-repair Robot Teams Given Mission Constraints
- 11/30/2005 - Autonomous Robotic Manipulator Control
- 11/30/2005 - Automated Assembly and Reconfiguration of Future Large-Scale Space Systems
- 11/30/2005 - SimScape: Autonomy Infusion Simulation Environment
- 11/30/2005 - DARE: Distributed & Re-Taskable Electronics
- 11/30/2005 - AWIMR: Autonomous Walking Inspection and Maintenance Robot
- 11/30/2005 - Ultralightweight, Inflatable, Thin Film Ballutes for Earth Return from the Moon
- 11/30/2005 - JTARS: Joint Technical Architecture for Robotic Systems
- 11/30/2005 - In Space Robotic Assembly and Maintenance
- 11/30/2005 - SuperBot: Modular, Multifunctional, Reconfigurable Robot
- 11/30/2005 - PRoSPECT: Wide Area Prospecting Using Supervised Autonomous Robot
- 09/30/2005 - Autonomous Robotic Construction
- 09/30/2005 - Spiderbot: Robotic Colonies
- NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (Code R):
- 09/30/1997 - RAMS: Robot Assisted Microsurgery
- 09/30/1995 - Remote Surface Inspection
- 09/30/1995 - Hazbot: Ground Emergency Response Vehicle
- 09/30/1993 - STELER: Supervised Telerobotics Laboratory
- 09/30/1992 - Shared and Traded Control for Remote Teleoperation
- 09/30/1991 - Exoskeleton
- 09/30/1989 - Telerobot Testbed
- JPL Internal Research Programs funded:
- 09/30/2019 - Underwater Mobile Manipulation
- 09/30/2019 - Recurring Slope Lineae Exploration and Sampling
- 09/30/2019 - Technologies for International Science Space Station (TISSS)
- 09/30/2019 - Autonomous Approach of Small Unknown Bodies
- 09/30/2019 - Ice Worm
- 09/30/2019 - Swarm Autonomy
- 08/30/2019 - Safety-critical Autonomy for Prototype Mars Helicopter and Mars Rover
- 06/30/2019 - Enabling Precision Flyby and Close-up imaging with UAVs
- 06/30/2019 - Ultra-Low Mass and Power Gas Sensor for Planetary Exploration and Earth Science Monitoring
- 10/01/2018 - Cyber Security Visualization
- 09/30/2018 - Tactile Wheels
- 09/30/2018 - Ranger: Browser-based Visualization System for Engineering and Public Outreach
- 08/30/2018 - Autonomous Coordination/Navigation of the Prototype Mars Helicopter and Mars Rover
- 05/28/2018 - Risk-Aware Machine Learning for Resilient Space Exploration
- 09/30/2017 - Autonomous Small UAVs for In-situ Observation of Ecosystem Properties from Leaf to Canopy
- 09/30/2017 - Mars On-Orbit Sample Transfer Technologies (MOSTT)
- 09/30/2017 - Next-Gen Autonav Concept
- 09/30/2017 - Adaptive Analysis for Underwater Autonomy
- 09/28/2016 - Mars Sample Transfer Testbed (MSTT)
- 09/25/2016 - Wearable Interface for Natural Gesture Control and Tele-Operation of Robotic Systems
- 09/25/2016 - Gecko Gripper
- 09/25/2016 - Browser-based Exoplanet Visualization for Education, Public Outreach and Engineering
- 09/25/2016 - Fast Optimal Motion Planning with High Fidelity Dynamics
- 10/01/2015 - Cave Robot
- 10/01/2015 - Gecko-like Adhesives for Orbital Debris Applications
- 09/30/2015 - Adaptive Resolution Stereo-Vision (ARES-V)
- 09/29/2015 - Sampling Chain for Primitive Body Surface Sample Return
- 09/27/2015 - Planetary Aerial and Surface Access Systems
- 09/27/2015 - ISS Remote Inspection System (IRIS)
- 09/27/2015 - STABLE
- 05/31/2015 - In-Space Telescope Assembly
- 09/30/2014 - Rapid Forest Triage by Sub-canopy Micro Air Vehicle
- 09/28/2014 - A Minimalistic Robot for In-situ Exploration of Small Bodies
- 09/28/2014 - Small Body Surface Sampler and Explorer (SmalBoSSE)
- 09/30/2013 - Robotic Reconnaissance Systems – Micro Air Vehicles
- 09/30/2013 - Robotic Reconnaissance Systems – Dynamic Micro Ground Vehicle
- 09/30/2013 - Axel Rovers for Exploring Extreme Terrains
- 09/29/2013 - Robotic Reconnaissance Systems – Aerial Reconnaissance
- 09/30/2012 - Mars Ascent Vehicle Front End and Payload
- 09/30/2012 - Gripping Foot Mechanisms for Anchoring and Mobility in Microgravity and Extreme Terrain
- 09/30/2011 - Power Efficient Fast Traverse for Mars Rovers
- 09/30/2010 - Planetary Sample Sealing for Caching
- 09/30/2007 - SOOPS: Science Operations on Planetary Surfaces
- 09/30/2007 - Rover Testbed for Technology Infusion to JPL
- 09/30/2007 - Robotic Arm Design Process
- 09/30/2006 - Real-time Landmark Tracking
- 09/30/2006 - Tumbleweed Rover Concept for in situ Martian Exploration
- 09/30/2006 - Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces for Collaborative Construction
- 09/30/2006 - Biosleeve: Multi-electrode EMG Sleeve Human-Machine Interface
- 09/30/2006 - Cluster-Based MSL Simulation Data Manager For Design & Performance Space Exploration
- 06/30/2006 - Towards a New Generation of Spacecraft Landing Testbeds: Emulating Spacecraft Landing Dynamics on a Helicopter
- 09/30/2005 - Cluster-Based Large Scale Surface Rover Simulations
- 09/30/2005 - Distributed Rover Avionics Software
- 09/30/2005 - Titan Aerobots
- 12/31/2000 - Innovative Mobility Systems: Hopping Robots
- Non-NASA funded:
- 09/30/2019 - Streamlined Quick-Unfolding Investigator Drone (SQUID)
- 12/31/2018 - ACTUV Phase II
- 12/31/2018 - Wall Climbing Robots
- 12/31/2018 - Algorithm for Advanced CDAS for USV Autonomy
- 12/31/2018 - Coordinated Tactical Behaviors
- 12/31/2018 - Risk-Aware Human-Cooperative Planning
- 12/31/2018 - Intent Recognition for On-Water Dynamic Maritime Domains
- 12/31/2018 - Autonomous Perception and Hazard Avoidance for Navy USVs
- 11/30/2017 - Project Tango – Visual SLAM Development
- 09/30/2017 - Autonomy and Situational Awareness for UMS
- 09/30/2017 - Learning Homogeneous Knowledge Representation from Heterogeneous Data for Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in Autonomy
- 05/31/2017 - Autonomy and Situational Awareness for UMS
- 05/31/2017 - Autonomy and Perception for Uncrewed Sea Surface Vehicles
- 10/01/2016 - Supervised Remote Robot with Guided Autonomy/Teleoperation (Surrogate)
- 09/30/2016 - Demonstration Wave Detection, Prediction, and Reaction System (WDPRS)
- 09/25/2016 - Active Night-Time Stereo and Localization
- 09/25/2016 - Smart Wells
- 09/25/2016 - Mobility Testbed for Army Unmanned Ground Vehicles
- 09/25/2016 - Risk Reduction for Robotic In Space Telescope Assembly Concept
- 06/30/2016 - Detailed ASV/USV Modeling and Simulation System (DAMS)
- 03/31/2016 - CODE - Collaborative Ops in Denied Environment
- 01/01/2016 - DECODE Autonomy and Simulation
- 12/31/2015 - Micro Autonomous Systems Collaborative Technology Alliance (MAST CTA)
- 12/31/2015 - Prime Focus Spectrograph Positioner Software
- 12/31/2015 - Sensor Fusion for Low-Cost Perception
- 12/31/2015 - Sea-Based Automated launch and Recovery System (SALRS)
- 09/27/2015 - DRC - DARPA Robotics Challenge, RoboSimian (Track A)
- 09/27/2015 - Test and Evaluation of AVM Tools for DARPA FANG Challenge
- 09/27/2015 - ACTUV - Autonomy Algorithms for Navigation in High Sea States
- 09/27/2015 - ACTUV - Advanced Sensing and Behaviors for Covert Operations
- 04/30/2015 - Fixational Automated Target Extraction
- 12/31/2014 - USSV - Autonomy for Unmanned Sea Surface Vehicles
- 12/31/2014 - Perception For High-Speed Legged Vehicles
- 12/31/2014 - USSV - Autonomy For Littoral Combat Ship Missions
- 12/31/2014 - Bioelectric Sensor Arrays for Reliable Prosthetic Interface
- 12/31/2014 - Angel Fire Phase II
- 12/31/2014 - USSV - Operations in Challenging Environments
- 09/30/2014 - Phoenix Gecko Gripper
- 09/28/2014 - Autonomous Robotic Manipulation Software (ARM-S)
- 09/28/2014 - ACTUV - Adversarial Game Theory Enhancements
- 06/30/2013 - Autonomous Rotorcraft Operations from Unprepared Sites (Phase II)
- 06/30/2013 - DRC - DARPA Robotics Challenge (Track B)
- 04/28/2013 - Terrain Ontology and Massively Parallel Granular Media Models for Mobility
- 04/08/2013 - Night-Time Perception and Visual Odometry for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles
- 02/24/2013 - UUV Dynamic High Level Planner
- 01/27/2013 - Real-time High-Fidelity Simulation for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
- 12/30/2012 - Autonomy For Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
- 09/25/2012 - Aerial Processing
- 12/31/2011 - Mobility Mechanics Modeling Toolkit (M3Tk)
- 10/02/2011 - Rapid 3D Object Visualization For Mobile Robots
- 10/01/2011 - Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST)
- 09/25/2011 - Medium Array Camera Calibration
- 07/17/2011 - Advanced Behaviors and Sensing for Unmanned Surface Vehicles
- 03/01/2011 - Autonomous Stair Climbing for Portable Unmanned Ground Vehicles
- 01/02/2011 - Autonomy Integration For The US Navy Griffin Demonstration
- 12/26/2010 - High-Resolution, Continuous Field-Of-View (FOV), Non-Rotating Imaging System Advanced Demonstration Model
- 10/03/2010 - Perception System Design for FCS ANS
- 09/26/2010 - Integrated Mission, Vehicle, and Sensor Control of the iPuma AUV
- 06/13/2010 - Visual Navigation of a Small Rotorcraft
- 01/31/2010 - Implementation and Automation of Imaging Technologies for Angel Fire
- 12/27/2009 - Integrated Mission, Vehicle, and Sensor Control of the I-PUMA AUV
- 10/25/2009 - Intelligent Autonomy for Maritime Navigation on Unmanned Surface Vehicles
- 09/30/2009 - Water Detection
- 09/30/2009 - Human Detection
- 09/30/2008 - Learning Perception for Autonomous Navigation
- 09/30/2008 - Vision System Development for BigDog
- 09/30/2008 - Robotic Perception Technology Transfer
- 12/31/2007 - DARPA Urban Challenge
- 09/30/2007 - Implementation and Automation of Imaging Technologies
- 12/31/2006 - Robotics Technology Transfer
- 09/30/2006 - Elasmobranch Brain-Machine Interface
- 09/30/2006 - Enhancements for Stereo Obstacle Detection
- 09/30/2005 - Vision System for Autonomous Helicopter
- 12/31/2004 - PAUSE: Picosat and UAV Systems Engineering
- 09/30/2004 - JSC ISS Cell Growth Experiments with JPL Micro-Imagers
- 09/30/2001 - Urbie: Urban Robot
- 09/30/2001 - Automated Plant Micro-Propagation
- 09/30/1996 - MACS: Multifunction Automated Crawling System
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