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USRA NAMS Artificial Intelligence groups conduct research in biosciences and robotics. The biosciences team supports space research and space analog experiments involving biological organisms where the effects of microgravity and radiation are examined. The robotics team supports NASA’s Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center to conduct fundamental robotics research and development. Research topics include planetary rover hardware, tensegrity robotics, applied computer vision (including navigation, 3D surface modeling, and classification/matching), machine learning, human-robot interaction, mobile manipulation, geospatial and interactive 3D user interfaces, robot software architectures, and disaster response systems.

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USRA NAMS Intelligent Robotics group supports NASA Ames Research Center to develop, demonstrate, test, and assess new robotic technologies that support NASA exploration goals.

USRA NAMS Biosciences group supports NASA Ames Research Center in space biosciences research in the areas of bioinformatics and biological organisms.
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USRA NAMS GeneLab project aims to develop an integrated repository and bioinformatics system for data analysis and modeling.

Tours of the Biosciences Collaborative Laboratory after the opening ceremony on February 5, 2020.

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USRA NAMS supports the GeneLab effort through developing and maintaining bioinformatics systems as well as engaging the broadest possible community of researchers, industry, and the general public to foster innovation. Informatics is also playing an important role in developing requirements for human exploration in deep-space where medical-relevant data can be processed to augment a crew’s ability to provide medical care when return to Earth is not an option. These findings are then ultimately used to develop countermeasures for the effects of the space environment on humans.