Ceres Robotics Inc. is a private, commercial company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of robotic

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s and rovers. In November 2019, Ceres Robotics was granted the right to bid on contracts by NASA's

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(CLPS) to support the lunar

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. The company was founded in 2017 by Michael Sims, who was previously vice president at

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, and for more than 20 years worked at NASA, where he worked on Mars rover missions. Sims was also a founding member of the NASA Ames Artificial Intelligence group and its field robotics program, the

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.Michael SimsFounder and CEO, Ceres Robotics.
Future in Review. Accessed on 6 December 2019.

Products

Ceres Robotics is a

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company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of robotic

s, rovers and software systems in support of surface exploration. ; Current products: *''CR3 Rover''

References

Aerospace companies of the United States Companies based in California Private spaceflight companies Commercial Lunar Payload Services {{Robo-stub