Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration

NASA CADRE is a Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project developing a network of small lunar rovers that navigate, communicate, compute, perceive, and make decisions cooperatively without human intervention. The technology demonstration is designed to show autonomous multi-robot exploration and distributed measurements on the Moon, with potential applications to Mars and other planetary surfaces.

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Aliases: CADRECooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic ExplorersCADRE technology demonstration
Domains: spaceflight
Name: Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration
Status: planned
Types: developmentexplorationresearchoperations

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Description: NASA CADRE is a Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project developing a network of small lunar rovers that navigate, communicate, compute, perceive, and make decisions cooperatively without human intervention. The technology demonstration is designed to show autonomous multi-robot exploration and distributed measurements on the Moon, with potential applications to Mars and other planetary surfaces.
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Start Date: 2020-01

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Creation Time: August 14, 2026 at 00:55:22 UTC
Updated Time: August 14, 2026 at 00:55:22 UTC

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Official Urls: https://www.nasa.gov/cooperative-autonomous-distributed-robotic-exploration-cadre/https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/cooperative-autonomous-distributed-robotic-explorers-cadre/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/cadre/