This week / 2026-W44

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Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026 · 16 papers published

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS 4 ORBITAL ROBOTICS 9 IN-SPACE SERVICING 4

Inspection planning, distributed lunar SLAM, and gaze-driven teleoperation

8 curated picks for this week

A Reproducible Reconstruction and Evaluation Framework for Photorealistic Lunar Analog Scene Reconstruction Toward Digital Twins

Antar Mazumder, Ryan Hartzell, Luke Boyd, Alexander Robinson +3 morePreprint 2026Oct 31, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2026

Clockwork: Scheduling Compound AI Systems in Space Data Centers

Milos Gravara, Andrija Stanisic, Stefan NasticPreprint 2026Oct 31, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations

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Oct 31, 2026

GURU: A Hierarchical Neuro-Symbolic Multi-Agent System for Verification-Aware Automation of Mission-Critical Digital Engineering and Operations

Allan Grosvenor, Anton Zemlyansky, Abdul Wahab, Kyrylo Bohachov +3 morePreprint 2026Oct 31, 2026

Space × AIMulti-Robot & Swarms Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Guidance, Dynamics & Control

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Oct 31, 2026

STLT: A Novel System for Energy-Aware Distributed Inference in the Edge-Cloud-Space Continuum

Andrija Stanisic, Milos Gravara, Juan Luis Herrera, Stefan NasticPublished 2026Oct 31, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS

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Oct 31, 2026

Chance-Constrained Inspection Viewpoint Sequencing for On-Orbit Servicing via Safe Reinforcement Learning

Chloé Carer, Adam AbdinIAC 2026Oct 30, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIIN-SPACE SERVICING ORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Learning-based Methods

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Oct 30, 2026

Risk-Sensitive Mission Planning for Multi-Target On-Orbit Inspection via Distributional Reinforcement Learning

Adam AbdinIAC 2026Oct 30, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Guidance, Dynamics & Control Learning-based Methods

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Oct 30, 2026

Integrating Low-Thrust Transfer Dynamics into POMDP Planning for On-Orbit Servicing

Susmitha Patnala, Vincent Mousseau, Adam AbdinIAC 2026Oct 30, 2026

Space × RoboticsIN-SPACE SERVICING ORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations

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Oct 30, 2026

AI for Science in Space: Orbital Laboratories, Planetary Fieldwork, and Embodied Autonomy

Zizhe Wang, Jia Deng, Xin Lu, Zehao Jia +3 morePreprint 2026Oct 29, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS

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Oct 29, 2026

Gaze-Assisted Supervisory Control for Lunar Robotic Arm Teleoperation Under Concurrent Monitoring

Jiayu He, Yifan Li, Oliver R. Runswick, Ernest N. Kamavuako +3 morePreprint 2026Oct 29, 2026

Space × RoboticsHRI & Teleoperation Manipulation & Grasping

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Oct 29, 2026

SKiD-SLAM: Resource-Aware Distributed Multi-Robot LiDAR SLAM for Planetary Missions with Field Deployments at Analog Sites

Hogyun Kim, Juwon Kim, Dongjin Cho, Jiwon Choi +6 moreJFR / Field Robotics 2026Oct 28, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Multi-Robot & Swarms Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Oct 28, 2026

Explore Where It Matters: Targeted Exploration for Efficient Rover Adaptation

Jacob Levy, Arthur Bouton, Tristan D. Hassler, Hari Nayar +1 moreCoRL 2026Oct 28, 2026

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

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Oct 28, 2026

Polarity--Time Interaction and Multi-Level Reliability for Event-Based Spacecraft Pose Estimation

Yonglong Zhang, Zongwu Xie, and Yang LiuPreprint 2026Oct 27, 2026

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

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Oct 27, 2026

State estimation for a hybrid rigid-continuum space manipulator system

Lorenzo Ticozzi, Patricio A. Vela, and Panagiotis TsiotrasPreprint 2026Oct 27, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Manipulation & Grasping Perception & State Estimation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware

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Oct 27, 2026

A Bi-level Co-design Framework for Lunar Monoped with 2D Jump and Landing Control

Sanjay Ramkumar, Suraj KumarPreprint 2026Oct 27, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Surface Mobility & Terramechanics

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Oct 27, 2026

Satellite Intelligence: Distributed Training, Collaborative Inference,and LLM Adaptation in LEO Constellation

Zheng Lin, Zhanwei Wang, Yuxin Zhang, Yafei Wang +8 morePreprint 2026 1 citedOct 26, 2026

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Foundation Models & LLMs

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Oct 26, 2026

VPR-Space: A Benchmark for Visual Place Recognition in Space Analog Domains

Richard Fechner, Peer NeubertPreprint 2026Oct 26, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPerception & State Estimation Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks

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Oct 26, 2026