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Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026 · 13 papers published

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS 3 ISRU & CONSTRUCTION 2 ORBITAL ROBOTICS 6 IN-SPACE SERVICING 1

Development and Evaluation of a CNN-Based Charged-Particle Event Rejection Algorithm for Soft X-ray Detection in a pnCCD-Based Satellite System

Hsien-Chieh Shen, Ryuji Kondo, Makoto Arimoto, Tatsuro Kanenaga +12 moreNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 2026Aug 1, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods

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Aug 1, 2026

A novel on-orbit assembly system of truss units and lightweight design of MTUA robot based on topological approximation

Yigeng Li, Yulin ZhouChinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2026Aug 1, 2026

Space × RoboticsIN-SPACE SERVICING

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Aug 1, 2026

Autonomous spacecraft timing, navigation, and control on SE(3) under uncertainty

Fabio D’OnofrioPublished 2026Aug 1, 2026

Space × AIPerception & State Estimation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations

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Aug 1, 2026

Characterization, Transport Modeling, and Image Analysis of Rover-Terrain Interaction for Lunar Regolith In-Situ Resource Utilization

Luke A ManolescuPreprint 2026Aug 1, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics

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Aug 1, 2026

Neural Operator Learning for Collision-Aware Trajectory Planning of Spacecraft Swarms

Sidhdharth D. Sikka, Suyi Gao, Zehui Lu, Rongjie Lai +1 morePreprint 2026Jul 31, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Multi-Robot & Swarms Learning-based Methods

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Jul 31, 2026

Detection-Guided Terrain-Aware Autonomous Navigation and Active Target Detection for Quadruped Robots

Jyoti KadadevarmathInternational Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications 2026Jul 31, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation

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Jul 31, 2026

TRIDENT Drill Performance and Subsurface Fault and Anomaly Detection in Antarctic Environments

Sarah Boelter, Greta Brown, Thomas Stucky, Ebasa Temesgen +7 moreAnnals of Glaciology 2026Jul 31, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations

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Jul 31, 2026

Towards Autonomous Aircraft Surveillance from Nanosatellites through On-Board Inference and Generative Data Augmentation

Antonio Delgado-Rosa, David Muñoz-Valero, Enrique Adrian Villarrubia-Martin, Juan Moreno-GarciaPreprint 2026Jul 30, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware

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Jul 30, 2026

Semi-Decentralized Multi-Spacecraft Collision Avoidance under Communication Constraints

Grace Ra Kim, Mahdi Al-Husseini, Duncan Eddy, and Mykel J. KochenderferAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics 2026 1 citedJul 29, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Multi-Robot & Swarms Guidance, Dynamics & Control

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Jul 29, 2026

Advancing Spacecraft Autonomy: Optimal GNC, Vision-Based Estimation, and Systems Integration for Small Spacecraft

Paulo R. M. FischPublished 2026Jul 29, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Guidance, Dynamics & Control Perception & State Estimation

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Jul 29, 2026

Computationally Tractable Methods for Constrained Optimal Control and Reachability Analysis of Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamical Systems

Sivaramakrishnan, KarthikPreprint 2026Jul 28, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Learning-based Methods Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

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Jul 28, 2026

HELIOS: An LLM-Driven Autonomous Indirect Trajectory Optimization Agent

An-yi HuangPreprint 2026Jul 27, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIGuidance, Dynamics & Control Foundation Models & LLMs

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Jul 27, 2026

Learning Adaptive Multi-Task Guidance, Navigation, and Control via Hypernetworks

Ricard Marsal I Castan, Aman Arora, Antoine Richard, Andrej Orsula +2 morePreprint 2026 1 citedJul 27, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

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Jul 27, 2026