{"id":15548,"date":"2025-04-02T14:15:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=15548"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:52:09","slug":"working-to-make-space-robots-more-autonomous","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/news\/working-to-make-space-robots-more-autonomous\/","title":{"rendered":"Working to make space robots more autonomous\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p><strong>NASA has awarded an SnT Doctoral researcher at a competition for programming space robot operating systems.\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning to learn rather than storing data &#8211; this is the original approach developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/people\/andrej-orsula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrej Orsula<\/a>. The Doctoral researcher from SnT at the University of Luxembourg is working to enable robots to learn by themselves to gain autonomy and efficiency during space missions. He won second prize last summer during the NASA space robot programming competition.\u202f His work explores how robots can be trained and tested in realistic simulated worlds, so that they can adapt to unfamiliar conditions rather than relying only on pre-defined data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"the-challenges-of-space-robots\"\n    >\nThe challenges of space robots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the NASA space robot programming competition, the agency aims to speed up research on space robot operating systems (Space ROS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Space robots face a big challenge: they deal with very different weather and climate than we know. They work in isolated areas without important signals like GPS. Plus, there\u2019s a delay in instructions because of the distance from ground control. In these conditions, autonomy becomes essential. Robots need to be able to make decisions locally, without waiting for constant input from humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable autonomy space robots need to be trained to respond to these novel environments they will find themselves in. Their missions will send them to places we have never been before, such as the Moon, Mars, or even an asteroid or another planet. Yet, exactly because these environments are novel we don\u2019t have infinite data to train them with. That is why synthetic data is so useful, but currently even those datasets are limited. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"a-tri-dimensional-solution\"\n    >\nA tri-dimensional solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Orsula\u2019s project for the NASA space robot programming competition he addressed this challenge. His project, titled \u201cParallel ProcGen Environments\u201d, combined three different AI training approaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Parallel: the ability to run thousands of simulations simultaneously. This allows researchers to scale up training and testing, exposing robots to many different scenarios in a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. ProcGen: Procedural generation creates synthetic data. This helps overcome the limits of available data for recreating a space environment. \u201cProcedural generation offers a way to randomise data sets, so that we can simulate diverse scenes with infinite variation,\u201d explains Orsula. \u201cThis is especially important for reinforcement learning, as it depends on millions of test-runs to train an AI model that runs a Space ROS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Environments: Robots can use this simulation to learn tasks. They experience the environment through a reward system that encourages positive behaviour. By exposing the robots to environments that are continuously varied, the robots learn skills that are useful even when conditions change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining these three aspects Orsula was able to create a Space ROS approach that is robust and flexible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"a-step-towards-space-robots-independence\"\n    >\nA step towards space robots&#8217; independence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Space and alien environments are mostly unknown and unpredictable. \u201cThis makes traditional control methods less appealing. They don\u2019t work well in many cases,\u201d says Orsula. To progress, space robots need to be able to learn about their environment independently of any controller on earth. That is why AI training tools, like the three Orsula combined, are critical. AI enables the robots to execute on their mission independently, opening-up new possibilities for space exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this particular NASA challenge Orsula created two examples, the Moon and Mars.\u00a0 He worked with a simulator called <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/isaac\/sim\">NVIDIA Isaac Sim<\/a> to generate new environments quickly. Orsula\u2019s approach automated the steps needed to bring assets into NVIDIA Issac Sim, making it possible to use this widely-used simulator in a more efficient way.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m interested in research that combines robot learning with space robotics,\u201d comments Orsula, who should finish his doctoral thesis on this theme this year. For him, this NASA award is a great chance to increase the visibility of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Space robots have much to learn. They continue to explore and enrich research across many environments. By training robots in diverse simulated settings researchers can help them become more resilient, adaptable, and capable of operating independently during future missions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"about-spacer\"\n    >\nAbout SpaceR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Space Robotics research group (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/research-groups\/SpaceR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceR<\/a>) conducts research in autonomous planetary and orbital robotics for space exploration, in-situ resource utilisation and orbital servicing. In addition, the group also focuses on aerial and ground robotics and multi-robot cooperation.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"py-48 first:pt-0 last:pb-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-list\">\n    \n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"people-in-this-story\"\n    >\nPeople in this story<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap -mx-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-wrapper\">\n    <li class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2 p-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\"><div class=\"ulux-card card-people bg-theme\"><div class=\"list-people bg-theme\">\n    <div class=\"list-people__container\">\n        <div class=\"list-people__visual\">\n            <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image\">\n                <!-- Template Image Component: default -->\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" width=\"\" height=\"\" rel=\"\" alt=\"Dr. Andrej ORSULA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=--thumbnail 150w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=--medium 300w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=--medium_large 768w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=--large 1024w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=--1536x1536 1536w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwNDYyMDRfX0FuZHJlaiBPUlNVTEE=--2048x2048 2048w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><!-- end Image Component -->\n            <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-people__body\">\n            <h3 class=\"list-people__title\">Dr. Andrej ORSULA<\/h3>\n            <p class=\"list-people__description\">Postdoctoral researcher<\/p>\n            <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-simple-cta wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\">\n    <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/people\/andrej-orsula\/\"\n        title=\"Dr. Andrej ORSULA\"\n        class=\"link-text link-text--icon list-people__link link-absolute\"\n        target=\"\"\n    >\n        <span class=\"link-text__body\">\n            <span class=\"link-text__name\">Learn more<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has awarded an SnT Doctoral researcher at a competition for programming space robot operating systems.\u202fLearning to learn rather than storing data &#8211; this is the original approach developed by Andrej Orsula. 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