Late next year when a vehicle bound for the moon is scheduled to be launched into space on a Falcon 9 rocket from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a little bit of Ottawa will be hitching a ride.
The Rashid lunar rover is being designed in the United Arab Emirates as part of the Gulf nation’s bid to ramp up its space exploration program. Among its key components is software made right here in Canada’s capital by Mission Control Space Services, a six-year-old startup based in Little Italy that’s now supplying technology to some of Earth’s most cutting-edge companies.
Mission Control Partners with Axiom Research Labs
Mission Control Space Services Inc. (Mission Control) is pleased to announce a partnership with Axiom Research Labs Private Limited (ARL) of India to deploy AI-enabled mission software on their lunar rover in advance of a commercial exploration mission to the Moon. The project is called Mission Control Intelligence (MCI): Enhancing the Autonomy of Commercial Rover Missions. “MCI is designed to meet the growing demand for AI-powered robotic missions to improve safety and productivity, and enable the future of low-cost autonomous space missions,” commented Vinita Marwaha Madill, the Project Manager at Mission Control.
“Canada is a recognized leader on the global stage in AI, space robotics and embedded systems, and planetary science. MCI leverages state-of-the-art proprietary technologies developed by Mission Control in these areas and will set a new standard fo
Mission Control partners with Axiom Research Labs to demonstrate AI-powered autonomy on a micro-rover ahead of commercial missions to the Moon
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Mission Control and Axiom Research Labs have partnered on a project called Mission Control Intelligence: Enhancing Autonomy of Commercial Lunar Missions with AI
MCI is designed to meet the growing demand for AI-powered robotic missions to improve safety and productivity, and enable the future of low-cost autonomous space missions OTTAWA, Ontario (PRWEB) December 10, 2020 Mission Control Space Services Inc. (Mission Control) is pleased to announce a partnership with Axiom Research Labs Private Limited (ARL) of India to deploy AI-enabled mission software on their lunar rover in advance of a commercial exploration mission to the Moon. The project is called Mission Control Intelligence (MCI): Enhancing the Autonomy of Commercial Rover Missions. “MCI is designe