Mission / Earth orbit
NASA Ames · 2014–now · also Astrobee free-flyer
Three cube-shaped free-flying robots operating inside the ISS since 2019, used as a research platform for microgravity robotics and autonomy.
Official mission page51–75 of 107 papers naming Astrobee
D. W. WheelerPreprint 2017
Christopher Provencher, Marion F. Smith, Ernest E. Smith, Maria G. Bualat +1 moreHET/Astrobee Periodic Technical Review (PTR) Delta 3 2017
Brian Coltin, Jesse Fusco, Zack Moratto, Oleg Alexandrov +1 moreIROS 2016 33 cited
Jonathan S. Barlow, Jose Benavides, Chris Provencher, Maria G. Bualat +2 morePreprint 2016
Terry FongPreprint 2015 2 cited
William Su, Jordan Kam, Yunosuke Nakamura, Yixiao Wang +2 morePreprint 2026
Everest Yang, Shian U. Hwu, Chatwin A. Lansdowne, John P. Boster +1 moreIEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE) 2024
Monica Ekal, Rodrigo VenturaiSpaRo 2024 1 cited
Earl DaleyAerospace Mechanisms 2020
Koki Tanaka, Matthew J. SpenkoIEEE Aerospace 2020 6 cited
Jose BenavidesPreprint 2018
Dong‐Hyun Lee, Brian Coltin, Theodore Morse, Inwon Park +2 moreInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 2018 6 cited
Robert W. Lewis Jr.Preprint 2018
Hector M. Gutierrez, Jose Cornejo, Ivan R. BertaskaDrones 2026
Hector M. Gutierrez, Jose Cornejo, Ivan R. BertaskaPublished 2026 2 cited
Ryan Soussan, Marina Moreira, Brian Coltin, Trey SmithICRA 2025 2 cited
Isuru Basnayake, Hyeongjun Park, Jonathan Kohler, Jennifer Hudson +1 moreAIAA SciTech 2024
Suhail Haque Rafi, Md Mubin Ul Islam Chowdhury, Mazharul Islam Rakib, Mizanul Chowdhury +1 moreInternational Conference on Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (RAAI) 2023 1 cited
Holly Dinkel, Julia Di, Jamie Santos, Keenan Albee +5 moreIAC 2023 7 cited
Tina TongTeam internship presentation 2023
Ryan Soussan, Varsha Vimal Kumar, Brian Coltin, Trey SmithICRA 2022 15 cited
Monica Ekal, Keenan Albee, Brian Coltin, Rodrigo Ventura +2 moreIROS 2021 10 cited
Charles Oestreich, Antonio Terán Espinoza, Jessica E. Todd, Keenan Albee +1 moreCVPR Workshop 2021 18 cited
Inwon Park, Trey Smith, Hugo Sanchez, Sze Wun Wong +2 moreAIM 2017 28 cited