Robert Ambrose - NASA
Robert Ambrose received his Ph.D. from the
University
of Texas at
Austin
in Mechanical Engineering.
He received
his M.S. and B. S. degrees from
Washington
University in
St.
Louis.
Dr.
Ambrose currently serves as the Division Chief of the Software,
Robotics and
Simulation Division at NASA’s
Johnson
Space Center
in
Houston Texas,
USA.
The SR&S Division is responsible for
flight spacecraft software, space robotics and system simulations for
human
spaceflight missions.
Within the
Division are five Branches responsible for managing on-orbit robotic
systems
for the International Space Station, development of software for the
Multi
Purpose Crew Vehicle and future Human Spaceflight systems, simulations
for engineering
development and training, hardware and software GFE, hardware in the
loop
facilities for anomaly resolution and crew training, and the technology
Branch
for development of new robotic systems.
Dr. Ambrose also serves as a Principal Investigator for
NASA’s Office of
Chief Technologist (OCT), overseeing research performed in the
Human-Robotics
Systems Project and other new starts.
He
co-chairs the OCT Robotics, Tele-Robotics and Autonomous Systems
roadmap team
for the agency’s technology program, and is the robotics domain
lead for the
agency’s human spaceflight architecture study teams.
Working with the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP), Dr. Ambrose is the Technical Point of Contact
for
NASA’s collaboration in the National Robotics Initiative (
NRI).
He is married to Dr. Catherine G. Ambrose and
lives in
Houston Texas.
Presentation:
Using Micro
Rovers as Space Explorers.