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Mission / Moon

Lunar Gateway

NASA, ESA, JAXA, CSA, MBRSC · 2019–now · also Gateway, Deep Space Gateway, LOP-G

Planned crew-tended station in near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon, with long periods of uncrewed operation and the Canadarm3 robotic system.

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Papers: 46
Named in: 7 in title · 43 in abstract · 19 in keywords

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Top techniques

Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking12
HRI & Teleoperation11
Guidance, Dynamics & Control9
Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations6
Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers5
Learning-based Methods5

Top venues

IEEE Aerospace9
NASA Technical Report4
AIAA SciTech3
AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics2
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics2
IAC2

Also mentioned

Artemis14
CLPS3
VIPER3
Astrobee1
Canadarm2, Dextre & Canadarm31
Mission Extension Vehicle1

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Manipulation & Grasping2Surface Mobility & Terramechanics1Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers5Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking12Perception & State Estimation2Motion Planning & Navigation3Guidance, Dynamics & Control9Learning-based Methods5Foundation Models & LLMs0Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations6HRI & Teleoperation11Multi-Robot & Swarms1Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks3Design, Mechanisms & Hardware1

Preprint (arXiv only)2Any workshop0

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5 papers naming Lunar Gateway

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Architecting Autonomy for Safe Microgravity Free-Flyer Inspection

Keenan Albee, David C. Sternberg, Alexander Hansson, David Schwartz +2 moreIEEE Aerospace 2025 5 citedMar 15, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Motion Planning & Navigation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Lunar Gateway

Mar 15, 2026

Analysis of Intra-vehicular Free-flying Robots and Their Manipulation Capabilities

Turchetti, FedericoPreprint 2025Apr 1, 2025

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Manipulation & Grasping HRI & Teleoperation Lunar Gateway

Apr 1, 2025

Payload transportation in microgravity with single and multiple cooperative free-flyer robots

Rui Correia, Rodrigo VenturaIEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions 2021 1 citedApr 28, 2021

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Lunar Gateway

Apr 28, 2021

Design of an autonomous and teleoperated modular robotic free-flyer for EVA operations

Vittorio NettiAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2020Nov 2, 2020

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING HRI & Teleoperation Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Lunar Gateway Artemis Robonaut 2

Nov 2, 2020

Optimizing Mission Agility with Autonomous Systems: The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Artificial Intelligence

Roberto CarlinoPreprint 2019May 21, 2019

Space × Robotics × AIMicrogravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Lunar Gateway Astrobee

May 21, 2019