SoftServe Partners With Prefixa to Propel Space Exploration Using Digital Twins

AUSTIN, Texas (July 24, 2024) – SoftServe, a premier IT consulting and digital services provider, today announced its partnership with Prefixa, an XR and spatial computing for aerospace modeling and simulation developer, is propelling space exploration and infrastructure development using digital twin technologies to enhance operational efficiency, safety, and reliability in the space and mining industries.

The partnership blends SoftServe’s strengths in immersive interfaces, AI/ML, data analytics, robotics, and autonomous systems with Prefixa’s expertise in 3D modeling, simulation, and AR/VR expertise to form integrated solutions for improving space mission planning and terrestrial mining operations.

Since collaboration, SoftServe and Prefixa identified several areas where a united focus on robotics and autonomous systems for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and In-Space Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) can apply:

• Enhanced simulation accuracy can improve mission planning precision by up to 30% with less unexpected challenges and a higher likelihood of mission success
• Advanced AR/VR interfaces foster immersive training environments for astronauts and mission planners, spurring a 25% increase in training effectiveness and preparedness
• Optimized extraction, utilization, and management of resources on the Moon and Mars can increase recovery rates by 40% through tracking real-time evolution of remote assets, measuring unplanned deviations, and providing actionable insights, thus supporting more sustainable space exploration and habitation
• Sophisticated digital twin technologies allow for more autonomous operations in harsh environments, which reduces the need for human intervention, minimizes risks and overhead costs, and increases operational efficiencies by 35%
• Augmented digital twin solutions may decrease operational hazards and equipment failures in mining by up to 20%, resulting in stronger worker safety and minimal downtime
• Aggrandized real-time data and immersive interfaces enable better decision-making processes that often lead to less operational expenses and a 25% gain in overall mining efficiency
• Heightened ISAM expertise ensures high precision construction and development of space infrastructure, boosting the speed and reliability of building essential structures in space by 30%

Realistic applications of this technology include:

• Building safe and accurate space habitats on the Moon or Mars with semi-autonomous robotic assembly
• Mounting antennas and solar panels with reliability and less errors by using digital twin models to program and test robotic systems prior to operation
• Connecting and inspecting complex power lines in space or on surfaces like lunar micro-grids with higher accuracy, durability, and safety through simulation
• Analyzing autonomous robots, drones, and space/surface vehicles in simulated unstructured environments, such as rugged lunar and martian terrain or orbits in cis-lunar space and beyond
• Testing and confirming whether surface or sub-surface exploration robots can effectively navigate and perform tasks such as drilling, explosives handling and placement, waste rock or overburden removal, as well as the extraction, loading and unloading, transportation and manipulation, etc., of minerals

SoftServe and Prefixa will jointly exhibit at 2024 ASCEND, happening July 29-Aug. 1 in Las Vegas. The partners will showcase multiple robot simulations for lunar infrastructure scenarios, as well as a technical overview and analysis of Prefixa’s Extended Reality Software Platform (ESP™) built using XR and NVIDIA Omniverse™ for high-fidelity 3D simulations in space mission planning, training, optimization. To learn more, stop by booth #42 at 2024 ASCEND or visit this website.