{"id":33474,"date":"2023-10-20T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-this-australian-startup-is-partnering-with-nasa-to-design-a-robotic-arm-for-the-international-space-station-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:30:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:30:58","slug":"how-this-australian-startup-is-partnering-with-nasa-to-design-a-robotic-arm-for-the-international-space-station-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-this-australian-startup-is-partnering-with-nasa-to-design-a-robotic-arm-for-the-international-space-station-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"How this Australian startup is partnering with NASA to design a robotic arm for the International Space Station – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Australian startup will call on its large network of users to help NASA design a new arm for a free-flying robot that will be completing chores in outer-space.<\/p>\n

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Freelancer first partnered with NASA last year<\/a>, with 22 contests posted to its platform asking users to solve some complex problems facing the astronauts, including image recognition and the interface design of a smartwatch app used in space.<\/p>\n

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Now the alliance has become even bigger, with NASA again utilising the Freelancer network to help design a new robotic arm for the Astrobee robot.<\/p>\n

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The Astrobee is a robot which autonomously moves around the space station performing a number of routine tasks including inspections, camera work and surveys.<\/p>\n

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The Freelancer contest will see NASA select the top 30 applications from all the registrations, with these lucky few having to break down the options for the system architecture.<\/p>\n

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The final phase will see NASA actually crowdsource the designs for the robotic arm based on the ideas of the freelancers along with those from the NASA team.<\/p>\n

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Freelancer proved its worth with last year\u2019s partnership leading NASA to extend it, Asia-Pacific marketing and communications manager Pallavi Savant says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey were quite happy with the outcomes and based on the results they extended the partnership to 2016 as well,\u201d Savant tells StartupSmart.<\/i><\/p>\n


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\u201cThis year it\u2019s even bigger.<\/p>\n

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Freelancer now has a specific team that focuses on the NASA partnership, she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNASA can see the efficiency of using a platform like Freelancer to source great talent to get work done,\u201d Savant says. <\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have about 1500 entries for this year\u2019s contest \u2013 it\u2019s already much more successful than the previous ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Freelancer CEO Matt Barrie says the partnership has already seen \u201cgreat success\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt showcases the phenomenal breadth and depth of talent available worldwide on Freelancer,\u201d Barrie says.<\/p>\n

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For NASA, it\u2019s a way to \u201cengage external innovators\u201d, director of advanced exploration systems Jason Crusan says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNASA has grown in the multiple ways we engage the crowd to provide solutions to challenges we face when advancing complex space systems,\u201d Crusan says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis challenge continues that expansion and will help to create novel designs but also allow us to learn about sophisticated system design through the use of open innovation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe continue to explore the many ways to engage external innovators.\u201d<\/p>\n

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