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PLANETARY ROBOTICS1824ISRU & CONSTRUCTION454ORBITAL ROBOTICS2364IN-SPACE SERVICING1148PROGRAMS & POLICY39Unassigned1052

Manipulation & Grasping855Surface Mobility & Terramechanics888Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers261Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking865Perception & State Estimation1193Motion Planning & Navigation644Guidance, Dynamics & Control1224Learning-based Methods1320Foundation Models & LLMs89Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations486HRI & Teleoperation519Multi-Robot & Swarms366Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks416Design, Mechanisms & Hardware552

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Characterization, Transport Modeling, and Image Analysis of Rover-Terrain Interaction for Lunar Regolith In-Situ Resource Utilization

Luke A ManolescuPreprint 2026Aug 1, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics

Aug 1, 2026

Neural Operator Learning for Collision-Aware Trajectory Planning of Spacecraft Swarms

Sidhdharth D. Sikka, Suyi Gao, Zehui Lu, Rongjie Lai +1 morePreprint 2026Jul 31, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Multi-Robot & Swarms Learning-based Methods

Jul 31, 2026

Detection-Guided Terrain-Aware Autonomous Navigation and Active Target Detection for Quadruped Robots

Jyoti KadadevarmathInternational Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications 2026Jul 31, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation

Jul 31, 2026

TRIDENT Drill Performance and Subsurface Fault and Anomaly Detection in Antarctic Environments

Sarah Boelter, Greta Brown, Thomas Stucky, Ebasa Temesgen +7 moreAnnals of Glaciology 2026Jul 31, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations

Jul 31, 2026

Towards Autonomous Aircraft Surveillance from Nanosatellites through On-Board Inference and Generative Data Augmentation

Antonio Delgado-Rosa, David Muñoz-Valero, Enrique Adrian Villarrubia-Martin, Juan Moreno-GarciaPreprint 2026Jul 30, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware

Jul 30, 2026

Semi-Decentralized Multi-Spacecraft Collision Avoidance under Communication Constraints

Grace Ra Kim, Mahdi Al-Husseini, Duncan Eddy, and Mykel J. KochenderferAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics 2026 1 citedJul 29, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Multi-Robot & Swarms Guidance, Dynamics & Control

Jul 29, 2026

Advancing Spacecraft Autonomy: Optimal GNC, Vision-Based Estimation, and Systems Integration for Small Spacecraft

Paulo R. M. FischPublished 2026Jul 29, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Guidance, Dynamics & Control Perception & State Estimation

Jul 29, 2026

Computationally Tractable Methods for Constrained Optimal Control and Reachability Analysis of Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamical Systems

Sivaramakrishnan, KarthikPreprint 2026Jul 28, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Learning-based Methods Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

Jul 28, 2026

HELIOS: An LLM-Driven Autonomous Indirect Trajectory Optimization Agent

An-yi HuangPreprint 2026Jul 27, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIGuidance, Dynamics & Control Foundation Models & LLMs

Jul 27, 2026

Learning Adaptive Multi-Task Guidance, Navigation, and Control via Hypernetworks

Ricard Marsal I Castan, Aman Arora, Antoine Richard, Andrej Orsula +2 morePreprint 2026 1 citedJul 27, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

Jul 27, 2026

B-spline shaping for low-thrust interplanetary rendezvous

Julio C. SanchezPreprint 2026Jul 26, 2026

Space × RoboticsGuidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

Jul 26, 2026

Hybrid PIM-oriented Architecture-Dataflow Co-Design for Heterogeneous LLM Inference

Hai Huang, Chenchen Liu, Feng Qiu, Xiang Chen +1 moreACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2026Jul 26, 2026

Space × AIFoundation Models & LLMs

Jul 26, 2026

Event Camera Datasets for Lunar Descent and Proximity Operations Trajectories

Sofia G Catalan, Kyle W Smith, Ronney Lovelace, Davis Adams +5 moreAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics 2026Jul 26, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Perception & State Estimation Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

Jul 26, 2026

Drift-Aware Multi-Target Space Tug Logistics Using Natural Orbital Precession

Omer Burak Iskender, Leonard Felicetti, Kaan Gokturk, David Tellett +1 moreIAC 2026 1 citedJul 25, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Guidance, Dynamics & Control

Jul 25, 2026

Visual Relocalization from Sparse Views in Aliased and Low-Texture Environments via Novel View Synthesis

Maria Peribañez, Javier Civera, Rudolph Triebel, Riccardo GiubilatoIROS 2026 1 citedJul 24, 2026

Space × RoboticsPerception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation

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Jul 24, 2026

Lunar Regolith Cement Mixer (LRCM) A Governed ISRU Construction-Material Processor for Lunar and Martian Surface Operations V10

Wayne GriffithsPublished 2026Jul 24, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION

Jul 24, 2026

GCR Spectra Reconstructed with Neutron Monitor Yield Function and Artificial Neural Networks: Comparison of Two Methods

Stepan Siruk, Vladislav Alekseev, Victor Kuzminov, Rustam Yulbarisov +1 moreThe Open Journal of Astrophysics 2026Jul 23, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods

Jul 23, 2026

LEO Satellite Internet of Things: Architecture, Technology, and On-Orbit Verification

Ming Ying, Xiaoming Chen, Qiao Qi, Yichao Xu +1 morePreprint 2026Jul 23, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Learning-based Methods

Jul 23, 2026

AI-Augmented Model Predictive Control for Safe and Adaptive Rendezvous and Proximity Operations

Luca Sportelli, Tyler Barr, Cagri Kilic, and Di WuPreprint 2026Jul 18, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

Jul 18, 2026

Information-Based Trajectory Planning for Spacecraft-to-Spacecraft Tracking and Navigation in Cislunar Space

Trevor N. Wolf, Brandon A. Jones, Jay W. McMahonPreprint 2026Jul 18, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Motion Planning & Navigation

Jul 18, 2026

Intelligent Path Planning Method for Lunar Rovers

Tian He, Hanguang Zhao, Xinchao Xu, Pengfei Xin +2 moreApplied Sciences 2026Jul 17, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Chang'e & Yutu

Jul 17, 2026

Stress-Sharing for Decentralized Fault Repair in Modular Spacecraft

Sidhdharth D. Sikka, Yue Shen, and Shaoshuai MouPreprint 2026Jul 15, 2026

Space × RoboticsIN-SPACE SERVICING Multi-Robot & Swarms Guidance, Dynamics & Control Design, Mechanisms & Hardware

Jul 15, 2026

DreamSat-Pose: Spacecraft Pose Estimation from Single-View 3D Reconstructions and Learned 2D-3D Feature Matching

Josiane Uwumukiza, Jocelyn Zhao, Giovanni Lavezzi, Giacomo Battaglia +4 morePreprint 2026 2 citedJul 15, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Learning-based Methods

Jul 15, 2026

Fabrication of focusing optics for TA-MOONS: Micro-MOONS

Ceiwynn Longworth, Megan Delamer, Suvrath Mahadevan, Joe P. Ninan +2 moreAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V 2026Jul 15, 2026

Space × RoboticsManipulation & Grasping Multi-Robot & Swarms

Jul 15, 2026

The Cost and Network Limits of Space-Based AI Compute

Kees van BerkelPreprint 2026Jul 15, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Foundation Models & LLMs

Jul 15, 2026

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