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Mission / Earth orbit

Int-Ball

JAXA · 2017–now · also Int-Ball2, JEM Internal Ball Camera

JAXA's free-flying camera robots inside the Kibo module, operated from the ground to reduce crew time spent on filming.

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Papers: 11
Named in: 6 in title · 11 in abstract · 0 in keywords

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Top techniques

Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers10
HRI & Teleoperation3
Guidance, Dynamics & Control2
Manipulation & Grasping2
Perception & State Estimation2
Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking2

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IEEE Aerospace3
iSpaRo2
IAC1
ICRA1
IROS1
iSpaRo Workshop1

Also mentioned

Astrobee3
CIMON2
SPHERES2

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2 papers naming Int-Ball

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Autonomous Object Search in the Kibo Module of the International Space Station

Muhtasim Redwan, Md. Nayeem, Tasmir Hossain Zihad, Sheikh Md. Galib Mahim +1 moreInternational Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) 2025Dec 19, 2025

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Perception & State Estimation Manipulation & Grasping Astrobee SPHERES Int-Ball

Dec 19, 2025

Analysis of Intra-Vehicular Manipulation using Robotic Free-Flyers

Monica Ekal, Federico Turchetti, Neal Y. Lii, Máximo A. RoaIAC 2024Jan 1, 2024

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Manipulation & Grasping Motion Planning & Navigation Astrobee SPHERES Int-Ball CIMON

Jan 1, 2024