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MAS has over a decade of embedded microcontroller system design in a variety of environments including small satellites and numerous terrestrial applications. We use innovative Single Board Computer and microcontroller systems such as PIC microcontrollers to offer the small and nanosatellite user community new alternatives for on-board computer systems. Using design practices developed by amateur radio satellite builders as well as in-house system testing and evaluation we can design and build a system for only a fraction of typical space-based computer system costs.
The Virtual Camera (VC) is a hand held application for planetary exploration. It uses the basic tablet mobile computing platform to develop an exploration assistant for human remote planetary surface exploration. The VC will support human explorers using rovers on the surface of another planetary body. It is an interactive database to improve situational awareness for all operators and users.
The VC will be a remote agent assisting crew members exploring a planetary surface as a remote agent of the ground controllers and scientists who are back on Earth. The VC will act in their place as a"virtual mission controller" or "virtual scientist"
Micro Aerospace Solutions is pursuing cutting edge research in human-robot interaction, machine cognition, automation authority sharing and advanced interaction media consideration for human and robotic collaborative space exploration. We would like to apply human-like traits to robots and their interactions with humans.
Usability is important for any modern system that requires human interaction. We can help in defining and executing usability testing for control and robotics systems with a variety of levels of automation.
We are studying advanced automation issues for control rooms. These can be applied to the next generation commercial space missions where fewer personnel will be available for the monitoring and control of complex science and exploration missions.
We have designed from scratch valve control systems to pulse thruster solenoid valves as well as latching valves. Our system is configurable and provide valve pulses into the micro-second range.