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Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026 · 23 papers published

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS 3 ISRU & CONSTRUCTION 2 ORBITAL ROBOTICS 13 IN-SPACE SERVICING 4

Robust Game-theoretic Motion Planning over Extended Time Horizons

Bennet Outland, Vishala AryaPreprint 2026Sep 26, 2026

Space × RoboticsMotion Planning & Navigation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Multi-Robot & Swarms

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Sep 26, 2026

LAPA-MINI V3.0: Bio-Inspired Adhesive & Radula Robot Next-Generation Micro-Robot for Extreme Environments, Industrial Use & Planetary Exploration.

Michael Steven RodriguezPublished 2026Sep 26, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Multi-Robot & Swarms

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Sep 26, 2026

Efficient Bezier Velocity Optimization for Free-Floating Space Manipulators

Duo Zhang, Zhizhuo Zhang, Xiaoli Bai, Jingjin YuPreprint 2026Sep 25, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Manipulation & Grasping Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers

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Sep 25, 2026

Resource-Aware Federated Mixture-of-Experts with Adaptive Pruning for Onboard Learning in LEO Satellite Constellations

Mohamed Shaaban, Mohamed Elmahallawy, Marius Bernahrndt, Tobias HeckingPreprint 2026Sep 25, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation

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Sep 25, 2026

In-Situ Resource Utilization Using Drilling Regolith for Excavation and Analysis of Moon Surface (DREAMS) Hopper for Self-Sustaining Lunar Habitat

Nikita Agrawal, Natsumi Aman-Nguyen, Edgar Folmar III, Lucianna Ikehara +2 moreNASA TM 2026Sep 25, 2026

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Artemis

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Sep 25, 2026

Markerless Multi-Modal Autonomous Robotic Inspection of Large Space Structures

Juan De Dios Alfaro, Arturo Ríos, David Rodríguez-Martínez, Carlos Pérez-del-PulgariSpaRo 2026Sep 24, 2026

Space × RoboticsIN-SPACE SERVICING ORBITAL ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Perception & State Estimation Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Sep 24, 2026

Orbital Error Dynamics: Self-Organized Criticality, Ephemeral Parameter Resonance, and Non-Linear Biological Ontologies in Zero-Storage Neural Synthesis

Volkan Dağlı, Zerrin Dağlı, Dağhan DağlıPublished 2026 1 citedSep 24, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods

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Sep 24, 2026

Gravity-awareness: a deep learning and LLM framework for predicting human adaptation to altered gravitational environments

Bakytzhan Alibekov, Alina Gutoreva, Elisa Raffaella FerrèFrontiers in Psychology 2026 1 citedSep 24, 2026

Space × AIFoundation Models & LLMs Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods

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Sep 24, 2026

Europe's Missing Control Point in Orbit: Execution Finality for Satellites, Orbital AI, and Spacecraft Autonomy, with a Working Reference Gate for the EU Space Act Era

Sangam DasPublished 2026Sep 24, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Design, Mechanisms & Hardware

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Sep 24, 2026

A ready-to-deploy MLOps software platform for satellite and NEO detection at meter-class ground-based observatories

Rafael Carrillo Navarro, Pablo García-Martín, René Duffard, Juan Luis Orellana Montes de Oca +1 moreAstronomy and Computing 2026Sep 23, 2026

Space × AIIN-SPACE SERVICING

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Sep 23, 2026

PBLH Estimation from Satellite Radiances via a Dual-Encoder Transformer

Lorenzo Innocenti, Luca Catalano, Edoardo Arnaudo, Claudio Rossi +3 morePreprint 2026Sep 23, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Sep 23, 2026

Two-impulse Rendezvous Planning about Thrusting Spacecraft on SE2(3)

Micah Condie, Abigaile Woodbury, James GoppertPreprint 2026Sep 23, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

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Sep 23, 2026

Quasi-spectral predictive guidance for autonomous rendezvous and docking with state triggered phase transition and non-convex path constraint

Kumud Darshan Yadav, Alejandro Suárez, Anı́bal OlleroActa Astronautica 2026Sep 23, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

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Sep 23, 2026

A Deployable Four-Finger Payload for Teleoperated Free-Flying Manipulation with Astrobee

William Su, Jordan Kam, Yunosuke Nakamura, Yixiao Wang +2 morePreprint 2026Sep 22, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers HRI & Teleoperation Astrobee

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Sep 22, 2026

Designing an Efficient Excavator Bucket for Lunar ISRU: A Comparative Study with Vision-Based Fill and Displacement Analysis

Abdulla Hil Kafi, Tomoki Koshi, Jorge Casir, Kenji NagaokaICRA 2026Sep 22, 2026

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION Surface Mobility & Terramechanics

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Sep 22, 2026

Control Barrier Functions for Safe Free-Flying Robotic Spacecraft Operations in Tumbling Target Capture

Alexander Meinert, Peter Stadler, Niklas Baldauf, Alen TurnwaldiSpaRo 2026Sep 22, 2026

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

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Sep 22, 2026

Vision Foundation Models with Synthetic-Only Training for Monocular Spacecraft Pose Estimation

John Church, Vazghen NikolianSpace Robotics Workshop @ IROS 2026Sep 22, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking

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Sep 22, 2026

Decentralized Guidance and Control for Rendezvous and Docking with a Tumbling Target using Multiple Servicers

Jonathan Taylor Jönsson, Sathyanarayanan Seshasayanan, Sumeet Gajanan Satpute, George NikolakopoulosiSpaRo 2026Sep 22, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Motion Planning & Navigation

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Sep 22, 2026

Taramandal-GPT: Enhancing Astrodynamics Problem-Solving with Knowledge Retrieval and Structured Thinking

Akhil Sharma, Jatin Gupta, Ali Imam AbidiPreprint 2026Sep 21, 2026

Space × AIFoundation Models & LLMs Learning-based Methods Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Sep 21, 2026

Multi-Agent Transportation of Free-Flyers in Microgravity Via Pushing Interaction Under Human-in-the-Loop Control

Gregorio Marchesini, Nicola De Carli, Sihyun Cho, Youngkyoung Kong +4 morePreprint 2026 1 citedSep 21, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers Motion Planning & Navigation

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Sep 21, 2026

Learning to Drive on Mars: Visual Multimodal Traversability Estimation for Off-World Navigation

Darren Chiu, Cole Wilson, Andrei Tumbar, Gaurav S. Sukhatme +1 morePreprint 2026Sep 21, 2026

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

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Sep 21, 2026

Emerging Technologies for Astrophysics Missions: Workshop Summary Report

Brendan P Crill, Nicholas Siegler, Dan Sirbu, Luc Peterson +2 morePreprint 2026Sep 21, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods

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Sep 21, 2026

Transformer-Informed Trajectory Optimization for Relative Motion in Cislunar Orbits

Walter J. Manuel, Yuji Takubo, and Simone D'AmicoAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics 2026Sep 21, 2026

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

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Sep 21, 2026