PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
/ Key Highlights
- Ansys simulation solutions provide design analysis for Moon
excavation system architecture
- SPEC Innovations pairs cloud-based Innoslate with simulation to
achieve digital engineering to design, build, and test a lunar
rover
- Innoslate and SPEC Innovations substantially reduce time and
cost using Ansys' product portfolio
A leader in systems engineering, SPEC Innovations is applying
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) simulation solutions to develop a digital
twin of a lunar rover to better enable Moon excavation in response
to NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge.
With Ansys' best-in-class tools, SPEC Innovations devised a
cloud native, cost-effective solution to the innovation challenge,
which aims to inspire new technologies to help establish a
consistent human presence on the Moon by 2030. To operate on the
Moon, robotic systems must withstand brutal environments in dark,
shadowed regions of the lunar south pole, while canvassing its
surface for water.
By integrating its cloud-based web application Innoslate with
Ansys SpaceClaim 3D modeling software and AGI Systems Tool Kit
(STK) analysis platform, SPEC Innovations reached primary goals
through digital engineering; these goals include excavating icy
regolith and increasing water mining, while minimizing equipment
and power consumption. Further, by leveraging Ansys, SPEC
Innovations was able to validate mission processes during design
analysis and substantially reduce time and cost.
"Ansys SpaceClaim allowed SPEC Innovations to cut cost and time
by 1,000%," said Steven H. Dam,
Ph.D., ESEP, president and chief operating officer at SPEC
Innovations. "It enabled a rapid modification of the
commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) rover to enable the addition of key
components, including a robot arm, collection bin, and fenders,
using an inexpensive 3D printer. Such development would have been
cost prohibitive if developed by other methods."
Innoslate offers cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI)
technology, and functionalities including project management to
complete the digital thread experience within a single model-based
systems engineering (MBSE) tool.
"Digital engineering and digital twins are the next phase of
innovation in our world," said Prith
Banerjee, chief technology officer at Ansys. "And by
leveraging things like AI, machine learning (ML), and cloud
computing, simulation is at the forefront of space exploration with
more potential than ever to impact product innovation—from Earth to
the Moon and beyond."
NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge program conducted its first
phase, which focused on system architecture innovation, from
November 2020 through August 2021. Its second phase, once initiated,
will focus on designing and validating systems.
/ About Ansys
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge, or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where Ansys software played a critical role in its
creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation.
Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help
the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better
products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest
portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve
the most complex design challenges and create products limited only
by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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