Ground Control Robotics

Ground Control Robotics develops SCUTL, a low-profile multilegged robot for cluttered terrain and confined spaces. The modular platform carries cameras, sensors and manipulators for inspection, pest control and field work.

Facts

  • Segment: Inspection
  • Country: United States
  • Founded: 2022
  • Website: https://www.groundcontrolrobotics.com/

About

About Ground Control Robotics

Ground Control Robotics was co-founded in Atlanta in 2022 from locomotion research led by Georgia Tech professor Dan Goldman. Its core platform, SCUTL, uses a segmented centipede-like architecture and multiple gait patterns to move through crawlspaces, attics, uneven ground and other environments that are difficult for wheeled or conventional legged robots.

SCUTL is designed as a modular mobility base compatible with RGB, thermal and panoramic cameras as well as task-specific sensors and manipulators. The company is targeting pest control, architecture and construction inspection, and specialty agriculture. A 2026 NASA award for Mars advanced surface mobility extends the same locomotion research into planetary use, but the profile remains classified around terrestrial difficult-access inspection rather than as a space company.

Commercial

2 commercial events; 2 contract awards; latest event 2026-07-08

  • 2026-07-08 - Contract award - Ground Control Robotics receives NASA STRIDE Mars mobility contract - source: science.nasa.gov
  • 2026-07-08 - Contract award - NASA awards Ground Control Robotics STRIDE work - source: science.nasa.gov

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Team

  • Alec Cook - Director of Operations
  • Robin Pepper - Chief Operating Officer
  • Dan Goldman - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

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Relations

  • NASA - Stride Contract Recipient - NASA selected Ground Control Robotics for a STRIDE contract to advance commercial robotic surface mobility for future Mars exploration.

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