Stottler Henke Wins NASA Contract to Help Make Software on International Space Station More "Astronaut Friendly''
In an effort to make the software used by scientists on the International Space Station (ISS) more "astronaut friendly," NASA has awarded Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. (www.stottlerhenke.com) a contract valued at $600,000 to create GuiGuru(TM), an AI-based software development tool that helps programmers build software that's easy and intuitive for astronauts to use to monitor and control space-based scientific experiments.
"Astronauts' time is precious, so it's unacceptable to have them struggle with poorly designed user interfaces that waste their time and increase the chance of error," said Richard Stottler, president of Stottler Henke Associates. "There are many different scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station, and numerous software applications for controlling these experiments need to be developed quickly. GuiGuru will help the 'payload developers' building these programs create user interfaces that conform to good UI design principles and organizational UI standards and conventions."
An early version of GuiGuru has undergone usability testing on-site at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The response to this preliminary version has been positive. "We're excited, and we're getting a favorable reception from the display developers, too," said Mihriban Whitmore, manager of NASA's Human Engineering Integration Team, the NASA point of contact for GuiGuru. "This software will not only be an in-house tool, it will also be put to good use in the ISS payloads domain by remote payload developers."
GuiGuru is an "intelligent" application development tool, one of the highly specialized areas of artificial intelligence (AI) software in which Stottler Henke has developed its reputation over the past 15 years. Stottler Henke envisions commercializing GuiGuru as a development aid for software that automates procedural tasks in which users follow required or stereotypical sequences of steps, such as the operation and maintenance of computer-controlled equipment. (Via Business Wire)
"Astronauts' time is precious, so it's unacceptable to have them struggle with poorly designed user interfaces that waste their time and increase the chance of error," said Richard Stottler, president of Stottler Henke Associates. "There are many different scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station, and numerous software applications for controlling these experiments need to be developed quickly. GuiGuru will help the 'payload developers' building these programs create user interfaces that conform to good UI design principles and organizational UI standards and conventions."
An early version of GuiGuru has undergone usability testing on-site at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The response to this preliminary version has been positive. "We're excited, and we're getting a favorable reception from the display developers, too," said Mihriban Whitmore, manager of NASA's Human Engineering Integration Team, the NASA point of contact for GuiGuru. "This software will not only be an in-house tool, it will also be put to good use in the ISS payloads domain by remote payload developers."
GuiGuru is an "intelligent" application development tool, one of the highly specialized areas of artificial intelligence (AI) software in which Stottler Henke has developed its reputation over the past 15 years. Stottler Henke envisions commercializing GuiGuru as a development aid for software that automates procedural tasks in which users follow required or stereotypical sequences of steps, such as the operation and maintenance of computer-controlled equipment. (Via Business Wire)
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