Freelancer.com has won the joint NASA Open Innovation Services 2 (NOIS2) tender to help NASA crowdsource talent to design innovative tools and technology. That means you can be a part of helping NASA expand its new era of space exploration.
NASA and Freelancer started their partnership in 2015, and have already crowdsourced solutions from 3D tools for robotic astronauts to smartwatch mobile applications used for time tracking and important station updates. Keep an eye out for future challenges, as NASA and Freelancer work together to push the boundaries of human imagination and innovation.
NASA's NOIS2 will aim to crowdsource innovation through a variety of projects. Whether it's using crowd-based challenges and contests, building teams of freelance experts from around the world or splitting up complex jobs into a series of smaller freelance projects, NASA is looking to tap into the cloud of human intelligence to find new solutions to space exploration.
New challenges, contests and projects are on their way, and NASA is looking for skilled participants from a variety of backgrounds. Check back regularly for new opportunities.
From a robotic arm for the International Space Station, to tools for Robonaut R2, the humanoid robot who takes on the most dangerous tasks in space, NASA and Freelancer have already found incredible solutions to the most complex problems being faced by astronauts on the cutting edge of space exploration.
Graphic created for the first permanent human spaceship in orbit around the Moon, known as the Gateway.
Develop a 3D folding concept for radiation shielding used to cover human habitation sections of spacecraft.
Design a smartwatch app for astronauts for use in completing daily tasks on the International Space Station.
Build a 3D model of a grappling hook that's used to tether astronauts to a structure while performing extra-vehicular tasks.
Past challenges completed here on Freelancer.com and upcoming projects to advance space exploration. More media will be added as challenges are completed, so check back soon!
We are asking the Freelancer community to help NASA and researchers learn how the community can help in solution evaluation. We are going to use the original solutions the community developed for the original challenges but this time we will be asking the community to help evaluate the solutions in three ways:
We are doing this to understand how the community can potentially help in the future to evaluate solutions provided for NASA engineering challenges.
If you are interested in helping with this, we will first need you to complete a registration survey. As part of that survey, you will be asked about your background, experience, and then complete a short 15 question quiz. This survey is to understand the level of knowledge you have relative to the solutions you will be evaluating. However, we are not just looking for people with experience or experts. We want a broad set of Freelancers with diversity across backgrounds, experience, and the skills test results. We encourage everyone to register.
After the registration process has completed a random set of Freelancers will be chosen to complete the evaluations of the solutions. We estimate that each selected evaluator will evaluate 10 solutions, and the evaluations should take you no more than 60-90 minutes. For this we will provide $25 USD.
NASA is designing a next generation robotic assistant to support astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The assistant will fly around inside the ISS, perch on a wall-mounted handhold ("Handrail"), and orient a camera, as directed. NASA has already designed the free flyer part, called Astrobee, and had looked to the freelancer community for great solutions for an attachment and orientation arm.
Over the next several months, ~$25,000 USD will be awarded, spread over more than a dozen contests, with individual prizes ranging from $250 USD to $5000 USD. Each will ask for solutions to a particular (sometimes overlapping) piece of the attachment arm. Each contest has been defined to be solvable on its own, but you may choose to compete in as many contests as you wish. Winning solutions may be incorporated into the robotic arm design and used with Astrobee for years to come.
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Freelancer.com has won the joint NASA Open Innovation Services 2 (NOIS2) tender to help NASA crowdsource talent to design innovative tools and technology. That means you can be a part of helping NASA expand its new era of space exploration.
Create whitepapers on tool(s) to improve safety and reliability of the power system.
Develop a lab prototype for demonstration and functional testing.
NASA is designing a next generation robotic assistant to support astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
Getting live updates and tracking your time is mission critical aboard the International Space Station. Our freelancers developed smartwatch concepts and applications for Astronauts to keep the ISS operational at all times.
Meet Robonaut R2, the humanoid robot who takes on the most dangerous tasks in space. For these challenges freelancers created 3D models of tools R2 uses to keep the ISS astronauts safe.
Design a 3D model of a handrail used during Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA or spacewalk)
Help improve NASA R2's grasping ability by designing an accurate model for a manila envelope.
Help the R2 locate and keep inventory on RFID tagged items by creating a 3D model of the scanner.
Design a 3D model of the soft case used to store a scopemeter.
Create a 3D model of a flashlight used by R2 in low visibility environments to assist humans during tasks.
Create a model of a portable oscilloscope used to perform regular maintenance and inspections of power systems.
Build a 3D model of a grappling hook that's used to tether astronauts to a structure while performing extra-vehicular tasks.
Help R2 develop his grasping ability with non-rigid compliant objects by designing a 3D model for a soft goods box.
Develop a 3D model of a sheathed hose that mimics the many hoses and cables that are found on the space station.
Help improve R2's vision and grasping controls by developing a 3D model of a soft goods taskpanel.
Design a 3D model of a drill battery and charger set to test R2's ability in operating a cordless drill.
Develop a 3D model of a blanket stand to help testing R2's vision and grasping controls of non-rigid objects.
Design a 3D model of a dumbell stand for R2's workout sessions!
Create a 3D model of a drill with and without battery to be used in the development of vision and grasping controls of R2.
NASA used 30 freelancers to suggest designs for Astrobee's robotic arm. Freelancers helped inform the design of every component, from subsystems to electronics.
Inside of NASA there are many initiatives and programs to improve space exploration and the lives of those involved. To help further this goal, our freelancers improved the branding on logos, trophies and banners used at NASA.
Design a 3D printable trophy for NASA's internal crowdsourcing platform NASA@work.
Design a logo that embodies the LRP's mission to reduce dependence on earth resupply for space missions.
Design a logo for the NHHPC who helps support human health and performance innovations for space flight.
Design a logo for the DTN protocol suite that extends terrestrial Internet capabilities.
Design a logo for the next generation of NASA's ion thrusters.
Design a logo for the agency charged with supporting observatories with balloon-borne observational platforms.
Design a logo for the NASA agency who develops the on-demand manufacturing capabilities for exploration missions
Design a special patch and iconography for NCCS's mission to enable insight and discovery to happen more rapidly.
Design a patch for NASA's REALM project which provides for the integrated localization, transfer, and status of logistics and mission hardware.
Create a distinctive brand for the user interfaces for robots of NASA Johnson Space Center's Robotics Systems Technology Branch.
Design a mission patch for the ASO ISS-TEA whose mission is to help astronauts to work more independently in space.
Design a storyboard for a YouTube video explaining the REALM automated logistics management experiments.
Develop a 3D folding concept for radiation shielding used to cover human habitation sections of spacecraft.
Design a patch for the ISM's Refabricator mission which will test the limits of 3D recyclability.
Create a short video explaining NASA's RFID Enabled Autonomous Logistic management project.
Design a CAD model for three radiation shielding concepts for the Mars Spacecraft.
Create an Infographic/Animation to help explain the Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) Protocol
Design a training course for ION, NASA's implementation of the Delay/ Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN) Protocol
Posting a contest is easy. Write your idea, set a budget and click post. It's that simple!
You will receive lots of entries from our freelancers, giving you options to choose from.
Rate the entries, give feedback and then award the entry you like the most as a winner.
