{"id":1780,"date":"2026-01-24T20:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:55:33","slug":"serc-researchers-present-their-work-at-the-2026-aiaa-scitech-forum-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/news\/serc-researchers-present-their-work-at-the-2026-aiaa-scitech-forum-in-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"SERC Researchers present their work at the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1783\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1783\" class=\"wp-image-1783 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Picture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Picture-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Picture-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Picture-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Picture-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristobal Garrido and Jonathan Messer at the entrance of the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum in Orlando.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the <strong>202<\/strong><strong>6 AIAA SciTech Forum<\/strong> in <strong>Orlando, Florida<\/strong>, the <strong>Space Engineering Center at the University of Southern California (USC)<\/strong> delivered a series of technical presentations showcasing cutting-edge research in <strong>space robotics, soft robotic actuation, sensing, artificial intelligence, and experimental validation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Research led by <strong>Griffin MacRae<\/strong> was featured in two separate presentations, both delivered by <strong>Joshua Pastizzo<\/strong>. The first, <em>Design of Preloaded SMA-Driven Soft Robotic Limb With Onboard Thermal Sensing<\/em>, presented in the<strong> Experimental Testing of Space Robotics Research and Development <\/strong>technical presentation, detailed the mechanical design and experimental validation of a compliant robotic limb driven by shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators with integrated thermal sensing. The work emphasized hardware-level insights critical to space robotics testing and development.<\/p>\n<p>A second, distinct presentation titled <em>Machine Learning Approaches to Position Estimation in SMA-Actuated Soft Robotic Systems<\/em> was presented in the <strong>ML and AI for Space Robotics and Automation I <\/strong>session. This work focused on applying machine learning techniques to improve state estimation in SMA-actuated soft robots, addressing challenges associated with nonlinear behavior and limited sensing in compliant systems.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1782\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1782\" class=\"wp-image-1782 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Joshua-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Joshua-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Joshua-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Joshua-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Joshua-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Joshua-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua presented his work at the Experimental Testing of Space Robotics Research and Development technical presentation<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Joshua Pastizzo<\/strong> also presented his own research, <em>Sensor Contribution Analysis for Multimodal Estimation in Soft Robotic Actuators<\/em>, in the<strong> Applications of AI\/ML to Sensing and Fusion <\/strong>session, demonstrating how data-driven methods can quantify the impact of individual sensors on estimation performance.<\/p>\n<p>Work by <strong>Jaxson Hill<\/strong> on <em>Demonstration of Metrics for Self-Healing and Self-Reconfiguration in a Monolithic and Segmented Robotic System<\/em> was presented by <strong>Cristobal Garrido<\/strong> in <strong>Novel Technologies for Space Robotics I <\/strong>session, introducing performance metrics for resilient and adaptive robotic architectures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cristobal Garrido<\/strong> also presented Sensor Fusion Techniques for Uncertainty Reduction in Rendezvous and Proximity Operations in Sensor Systems for Space Applications, highlighting approaches to improve robustness in autonomous spacecraft operations.<\/p>\n<p>Completing USC\u2019s contributions, <strong>Jonathan Messer<\/strong> presented <em>A Parametric Design of a Nanonewton-Scale DMD-Driven Torsion Pendulum<\/em> in the<strong> Novel Applications in Ground Testing <\/strong>technical session, showcasing a precision instrument for validating small-force dynamics relevant to space systems.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these presentations underscored USC\u2019s strong presence at SciTech 2026 and its leadership in advancing <strong>space robotics, intelligent systems,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0and experimental methodologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1781\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1781\" class=\"wp-image-1781 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Jonathan-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Jonathan-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Jonathan-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Jonathan-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Jonathan-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/01\/SCITECH_Jonathan-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan presented his progress in the Novel Applications in Ground Testing technical session.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum in Orlando, Florida, the Space Engineering Center at the University of Southern California (USC) delivered a series of technical presentations showcasing cutting-edge research in space robotics, soft robotic actuation, sensing, artificial intelligence, and experimental validation. 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