SpaceCom 2017

Dr. Robert Ambrose
Principal Investigator, Game Changing Development Program Software, Robotics & Simulations Division
NASA Johnson Space Center


Robert Ambrose received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Mechanical Engineering. He received his M.S. and B. S. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Ambrose currently serves as the Division Chief of the Software, Robotics and Simulation Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas, USA. The SR&S Division is responsible for flight spacecraft software, space robotics and system simulations for human spaceflight missions. Within the Division are five Branches responsible for managing on-orbit robotic systems for the International Space Station, development of software for the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle and future Human Spaceflight systems, simulations for engineering development and training, hardware and software GFE, hardware in the loop facilities for anomaly resolution and crew training, and the technology Branch for development of new robotic systems. Dr. Ambrose also serves as a Principal Investigator for NASA’s Office of Chief Technologist (OCT), overseeing research performed in the Human-Robotics Systems Project and other new starts. He co-chairs the OCT Robotics, Tele-Robotics and Autonomous Systems roadmap team for the agency’s technology program, and is the robotics domain lead for the agency’s human spaceflight architecture study teams. Working with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Dr. Ambrose is the Technical Point of Contact for NASA’s collaboration in the National Robotics Initiative (NRI). He is married to Dr. Catherine G. Ambrose and lives in Houston Texas.

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