The AiRo project - winner of the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025
We’re proud to share that several members of our team won the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025, the world’s largest global hackathon for innovation using NASA data.
Their project, AiRo, stood out for its bold approach to one of the most pressing issues of our time: air quality management.
What AiRo Does
AiRo automates industrial air quality management by combining NASA TEMPO satellite data with AI-powered infrastructure analysis.
Traditionally, companies rely on manual environmental consulting - a process that can cost over €57,000 per year. AiRo replaces this with automated, real-time monitoring and reporting for about €10,800 annually, helping organizations save around €47,000 per year while improving environmental compliance and community safety.
The Challenge It Solves
According to the World Health Organization, 99% of people worldwide breathe polluted air. Many organizations still operate reactively - responding to pollution exceedances only after they happen.
AiRo changes that. It shifts industrial facilities from reactive compliance to proactive prevention by continuously analyzing air quality, infrastructure context, and risk factors around industrial sites.
When air pollution levels exceed thresholds, AiRo doesn’t just send alerts - it can call managers directly through AI-powered voice notifications to ensure immediate action.
How It Works
- Infrastructure Analysis – Uses OpenStreetMap and OpenAI Vision to understand the facility’s surroundings: roads, schools, hospitals, and building density.
- Environmental Data Integration – Combines NASA TEMPO satellite data (NO₂, HCHO, O₃, AQI) with local measurements and weather data.
- Contextual Risk Assessment – Models how pollutants move and affect surrounding communities.
- AI Mitigation Planning – Multi-agent AI systems recommend short-, medium-, and long-term actions with cost-benefit analyses.
- Automated Reporting – Generates both detailed Markdown reports and executive PowerPoint presentations.
- Proactive Alerts – Delivers dashboard notifications and AI-initiated phone calls when pollution thresholds are exceeded.
The Impact
For organizations, AiRo means: – Lower compliance costs and fewer consultant hours – Prevention of violations, fines, and permit delays – Access to data that supports grant and tax credit applications
For communities, it means: – Cleaner air – Reduced health risks – Transparent, accessible air quality information
AiRo demonstrates how AI, automation, and NASA open data can come together to protect both the environment and the economy.
Built by the Team at dvloper.io
The project reflects our team’s engineering philosophy: solve real problems with clarity and precision.
AiRo’s technical stack includes React, FastAPI, Kubernetes (K3s), Longhorn distributed storage, and Keycloak SSO, running on Hetzner servers for scalability and performance. Its AI agents leverage OpenAI GPT-5, OpenAI Vision, and Retell AI for data analysis, visual interpretation, and natural-language phone alerts — proving that AI can be both intelligent and actionable.
Why This Matters
Winning NASA Space Apps isn’t just about recognition. It’s about validation that deep tech can create measurable environmental and social impact.
AiRo helps industries become cleaner, smarter, and more responsible and we’re proud of our people who were behind it!
Explore the Project
🌍 NASA: Project Presentation
📄 Project Report: View Presentation
💻 GitLab Repository: AiRo on GitLab
At dvloper.io, we believe great systems are never built in isolation.They’re built by teams who see complexity as an invitation to innovate.
Congratulations, Bilciurescu Gabriel-Cosmin, Burea Mihai-Ovidiu, Mitran Andrei-Gabriel, Bazga Mihai-Carol, Pasaroiu Mihai! You did it!
Clarity. Collaboration. Code that matters.
