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Oct 12 – Oct 18, 2026 · 21 papers published

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS 6 ORBITAL ROBOTICS 12 IN-SPACE SERVICING 2

Escape Without a Recipe: Maneuver-Agnostic Mars Rover Recovery from Granular Entrapment

Meraj Hossain Promit, Chandak Chakma, Md Jubair Ahmed Sourov, Sejuti RahmanSpace Robotics Workshop @ IROS 2026Oct 17, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation

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Oct 17, 2026

ATLAS: Expert-Guided Sustainable Satellite Backhaul for Off-Grid Wildlife Monitoring

Hao Fang, Miao Zhang, Haoyuan Zhao, Long Chen +4 morePublished 2026Oct 17, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Guidance, Dynamics & Control Foundation Models & LLMs

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Oct 17, 2026

StarMind: Challenges and Opportunities in Orbital Computing

Zisheng Gong, Zhaoyu Liu, Houtianfu Wang, O. Tansel Baydas +3 morePreprint 2026Oct 17, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Foundation Models & LLMs

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Oct 17, 2026

Foundation Models for Autonomous Space Robotics: Architectures, Physical Adaptation, and Validation

Zizhe Wang, Jia Deng, Xin Lu, Zehao Jia +3 morePreprint 2026Oct 16, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Foundation Models & LLMs

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Oct 16, 2026

HiPredict: Predicting the missing HiRISE RED4 spectral channel with machine learning

Ardan Suphi, Ben Moseley, Gareth S Collins, Valentin T Bickel +1 morePreprint 2026Oct 16, 2026

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

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Oct 16, 2026

OrTeN: Neural Inverse Graphics for Joint Terrain and Line-scan Camera Trajectory Reconstruction

Josef Biberstein, Sertac KaramanPreprint 2026Oct 16, 2026

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

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Oct 16, 2026

Towards Reinforcement Learning for Space Robotics: Fast Training and Reliable Real-World Transfer

Abhishek Naik, Michael Wu, Michael O'Sullivan, Colin Bellinger +1 moreSpace Robotics Workshop @ IROS 2026Oct 16, 2026

Space × Robotics × AILearning-based Methods Surface Mobility & Terramechanics

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Oct 16, 2026

Where Planning Changes the Outcome of Orbital Games

Duncan Eddy, Mahdi Al-Husseini, Mykel J. KochenderferIEEE Aerospace 2027Oct 16, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Multi-Robot & Swarms

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Oct 16, 2026

Chance-Constrained Autonomous Spacecraft Formation Reconfiguration and Rendezvous with Passive Abort Safety

Abdullah K. Alkhenani, Kenshiro OguriJGCD 2026Oct 16, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Multi-Robot & Swarms

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Oct 16, 2026

De-Risking Robotic Welding for In-Space Metal Joining Through Physics-Grounded Digital Twins

Zhou Daniel Hao, Umer Masood Chaudry, Robert Shaw, Andrew Cheney +3 moreIAC 2026Oct 15, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIIN-SPACE SERVICING Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Manipulation & Grasping Learning-based Methods

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Oct 15, 2026

Safe and Fuel-Efficient Motion Planning for Lunar Propulsive Drones

Elena Wittemyer, Grace GaoPreprint 2026Oct 15, 2026

Space × RoboticsMotion Planning & Navigation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Learning-based Methods

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Oct 15, 2026

Illumination-Aware Active Perception for Spacecraft Inspection

Sagarika Rao Valluri, Benjamin RivierePreprint 2026Oct 15, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Guidance, Dynamics & Control Perception & State Estimation

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Oct 15, 2026

Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Coupling Effects in a Free-Floating Space Manipulator

Erik Chumacero-PolancoPreprint 2026Oct 15, 2026

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

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Oct 15, 2026

Spacecraft Pose Tracking via Kinematic Prediction and Selective Event Correction

Yonglong Zhang, Guanning Yao, Shuo Zhang, Yifan Yang +2 morePreprint 2026Oct 14, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation

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Oct 14, 2026

HyperLoop: Hyperspectral-Assisted Loop Closure Detection in 3D-SLAM for Planetary Exploration

Annie Bhalla, Dennis Rotondi, Riccardo Giubilato, Kai O. Arras +1 moreIAC 2026Oct 14, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation

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Oct 14, 2026

Adversarial Reinforcement Learning for Robust Planetary Landing

Miguel Leiva-Vélez, Nicolas Gaston-Rozado, Andrea Scorsoglio, Hodei Urrutxua +2 morePreprint 2026Oct 14, 2026

Space × AILearning-based Methods Guidance, Dynamics & Control

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Oct 14, 2026

Learning-Based Adaptive MPC for Magnetorquer-Only Satellite Attitude Control

Patrick Schwartz, Abhishek CauligiiSpaRo 2026Oct 14, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Motion Planning & Navigation

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Oct 14, 2026

A hierarchical geo-aware cross-modal transformer for multiscale lunar crater detection

Salman Essa Hussain Alsalman, Amina SalhiInternational Journal of Remote Sensing 2026Oct 14, 2026

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

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Oct 14, 2026

Learning in Orbit: Onboard Training and Closed-Loop Attitude Control with a Thermal Segmentation Model on a Spacecraft

Elena Sorina Lupu, Hannah Grauer, Phaedrus Leeds, Nikhil Ranganathan +8 morePreprint 2026Oct 13, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods

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Oct 13, 2026

End-to-End Vision-Language-Action Policies for Autonomous Lunar Rover Docking

Sitan Huang, Grace GaoPreprint 2026Oct 13, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Foundation Models & LLMs Manipulation & Grasping Perception & State Estimation

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Oct 13, 2026

From Orbit Matching to Docking: A Hierarchical Reinforcement-Learning Approach to Multiphase Rendezvous Trajectory Design

Mariko Storey-Matsutani, Anatoly Zlotnik, Lee Holguin, Zigfried Hampel-Arias +1 morePreprint 2026Oct 12, 2026

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

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Oct 12, 2026