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Space Drones Target In-Orbit Construction

Sponsor:

  • Award from the U.S. Air Force

Space Drones Target In-Orbit Construction

This research focuses on autonomous spacecraft to not only identify and travel toward moving targets but also repair them, inspect them or assemble new objects entirely from scratch, using a vision-based navigation system that employs wireless communication for tracking and formation flight. The proposed algorithm also uses neural network-based machine learning to identify, track and estimate the positions and intent of other nearby flying agents.

This research project was featured in the ERAU news. Here the link.