
TRACLabs Inc. engineers have developed advanced process control systems for NASA life support system tests over the past ten years. These tests range from a two-year integrated water recovery system test to a 90-day human test of an integrated life support system. TRACLabs Inc. software controlled test hardware via high-level, goal-directed commanding to maintain system stability and respond to faults. TRACLabs Inc. engineers have expertise in extracting domain knowledge from hardware developers and encoding that knowledge in control software.
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Key Publications:
David Kortenkamp, et al, A Testbed for Evaluating Lunar Habitat Autonomy Architectures, in 6th Conference on Human/Robotic Technology and the Vision for Space Exploration (STAIF 2008).
Pete Bonasso, David Kortenkamp and Carroll Thronesbery, Intelligent Control of a Water Recovery System: Three Years in the Trenches, in AI Magazine Vo. 24, No. 1, Spring 2003.
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