High TRL Rover Lidar (HTRL)

Completed NASA Game Changing Development project led by Goddard Space Flight Center that matured a high-TRL, low-SWaP lidar for rover navigation and perception in extreme environments. HTRL addresses permanently shadowed lunar craters and other low-visibility terrain where stereo cameras lose range, lighting, and bandwidth advantages, enabling robust 3D sensing for autonomous surface mobility and planetary exploration.