Sorting Controller

Sort Coordination Software with ML Classifier

The Sorting Controller is an embedded software system stored on radiation-hardened NOR flash that coordinates material scanners, conveyors, and sorting bins during lunar waste processing. Operating a 10 Hz real-time control loop with a 2 W power draw, the software applies a machine learning classifier to categorize items, detect anomalies, and cross-check inventory manifests. To withstand the unshielded lunar radiation environment across a 100-year operational lifetime, the controller executes from rad-hard storage, targeting a 500,000-hour mean time between failures while updating its classification models as mission waste streams evolve over decades of lunar habitation.

Embedded controller coordinating scanner, conveyor, and bins with ML-augmented classification updates.