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SPHERES

NASA / MIT · 2006–2019 · also Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites

MIT-built free-flying satellites inside the ISS that served as a long-running testbed for formation flight, docking and autonomy algorithms.

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Papers: 37
Named in: 12 in title · 37 in abstract · 1 in keywords

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Satellite Relative Motion Control for MIT's SPHERES Program

Samuel P BarbaroPreprint 2012Mar 1, 2012

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Guidance, Dynamics & Control SPHERES

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Mar 1, 2012

Resource Aggregated Reconfigurable Control and Risk-Allocative Path Planning for On-orbit Servicing and Assembly of Satellites

Christopher M. Jewison, Bryan McCarthy, David C. Sternberg, Daniel Dewitt Strawser +1 moreAIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit 2014 10 citedJan 10, 2014

Space × RoboticsIN-SPACE SERVICING ORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Motion Planning & Navigation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware SPHERES

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Jan 10, 2014

Fast Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking with Obstacle Avoidance

Courtney Bashnick, Steve UlrichJGCD 2023 58 citedMar 9, 2023

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Motion Planning & Navigation SPHERES

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Mar 9, 2023

Economies of (Small) Scale: Exploring the Potential for Smallsat-Based Dexterous Robotics

David L. Akin, Katherine McBryan, Nicholas M. Limparis, Nicholas D'AmoreAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2014 5 citedAug 1, 2014

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Manipulation & Grasping HRI & Teleoperation Guidance, Dynamics & Control SPHERES

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Aug 1, 2014

Admissible Subspace TRajectory Optimizer (ASTRO) for Autonomous Robot Operations on the Space Station

G.E. Chamitoff, Alvar Saenz‐Otero, Jacob G. Katz, Steve UlrichAIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit 2014 10 citedJan 10, 2014

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

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Jan 10, 2014