Adriana Daca

Adriana Daca is a Robotics Technologist in the Robotic Mobility group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her work ranges from mobility concepts for future rovers to robotic sampling and manipulation systems. She completed her PhD at Concordia University in 2023, where she studied wheel–soil interactions in reduced gravity and 1-g testing methods to more accurately predict reduced-gravity rover mobility. During her PhD, Adriana performed experiments aboard parabolic flights producing effective lunar gravity and worked at JPL as a visiting researcher, where she supported the design and testing of mobility systems for potential future lunar and Mars rovers. Prior to her PhD, Adriana worked in engineering support for International Space Station robotics.