Abstract Future Active Debris Removal missions will require an autonomous spacecraft
(chaser) to safely monitor at close distance, and then approach and dispose an inactive …

This work proposes a new Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) based navigation
architecture that is appropriate for uncooperative relative robotic space navigation …

Optical cameras are gaining popularity as the suitable sensor for relative navigation in
space due to their attractive sizing, power, and cost properties when compared with …

Accurate relative pose estimation of a spacecraft during space landing operation is critical to
ensure a safe and successful landing. This paper presents a 3D Light Detection and …

New generations of spacecrafts are required to perform tasks with an increased level of
autonomy. Space exploration, Earth Observation, space robotics, etc. are all growing fields …

An important aspect of space exploration and situational awareness involves the
characterization of the surface geometry of space objects. This paper puts forward a precise …

3D object detection is the fundamental task of autonomous driving. The existing approaches
are very expensive in computation due to high dimensionality of point clouds. We use the 3D …

New generations of spacecrafts are required to perform tasks with an increased level of
autonomy. Space exploration, rendezvous services, space robotics, etc. are all growing …

Three‐dimensional (3D) local feature detection and description techniques are widely used
for object registration and recognition applications. Although several evaluations of 3D local …