Autonomy for Lunar Surface Infrastructure Construction

Author Information

• John Cooper, NASA Langley Research CenterFollow
• Irina Kostitsyna, KBR, Inc., NASA Ames Research Center
• Olivia Irene B. Formoso, NASA Ames Research Center
• Dominic Bisio, NASA Langley Research Center
• Joshua N. Moser, NASA Langley Research Center
• Matthew P. Vaughan, NASA Langley Research CenterFollow
• Joshua N. Moser, NASA Langley Research CenterFollow
• Matthew K. Mahlin, NASA Langley Research Center

DOI

10.31390/lsucontrol.26.27

Biography of all authors

Dr. John Cooper is a member of the Autonomous Integrated Systems Research Branch at NASA's Langley Research Center. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2017. His research interests include autonomous robotics, multi-agent systems, machine learning, reinforcement learning, and adaptive control, and he has extensive experience in control system applications, modeling of dynamical systems, robot kinematics, motion planning, and sensing and perception. He has designed and analyzed GNC algorithms for uncrewed aerial systems, spacecraft, and space robotic manipulators. Dr. Cooper is a recipient of the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal, and he currently serves as Autonomy and Robotics Working Group Lead for NASA's Autonomous Robotic Construction of Lunar Surface Infrastructure project.