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Mission / Earth orbit

Astrobee

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.

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Papers: 107
Named in: 53 in title · 105 in abstract · 86 in keywords

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Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers96
HRI & Teleoperation23
Manipulation & Grasping20
Guidance, Dynamics & Control19
Perception & State Estimation18
Motion Planning & Navigation15

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Also mentioned

SPHERES16
Robonaut 24
CIMON3
Int-Ball3
Canadarm2, Dextre & Canadarm31
Lunar Gateway1

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6 papers naming Astrobee

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Robust visual localization in changing lighting conditions

Pyojin Kim, Brian Coltin, Oleg Alexandrov, H. Jin KimICRA 2017 35 citedMay 1, 2017

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Astrobee

May 1, 2017

AstroLoc2: Fast Sequential Depth-Enhanced Localization for Free-Flying Robots

Ryan Soussan, Marina Moreira, Brian Coltin, Trey SmithICRA 2025 2 citedMay 19, 2025

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Astrobee

May 19, 2025

AstroLoc: An Efficient and Robust Localizer for a Free-flying Robot

Ryan Soussan, Varsha Vimal Kumar, Brian Coltin, Trey SmithICRA 2022 15 citedMay 23, 2022

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Astrobee

May 23, 2022

Human-Centric Active Perception for Autonomous Observation

David Kent, Sonia ChernovaICRA 2020 10 citedMay 29, 2020

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Motion Planning & Navigation Learning-based Methods Astrobee

May 29, 2020

Leveraging Symmetry to Accelerate Learning of Trajectory Tracking Controllers for Free-Flying Robotic Systems

Jake Welde, Nishanth Rao, Pratik Kunapuli, Dinesh Jayaraman +1 moreICRA 2025 6 citedSep 17, 2024

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Guidance, Dynamics & Control Astrobee

Sep 17, 2024

Operating with Inaccurate Models by Integrating Control-Level Discrepancy Information into Planning

Ellis Ratner, Claire Jennifer Tomlin, Maxim A. LikhachevICRA 2023 2 citedMay 29, 2023

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Motion Planning & Navigation Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Astrobee

May 29, 2023