Speakers
Dr
Guido de Croon
(TU Delft)Dr
Javier Alonso-Mora
(Delft University of Technology)
Description
Both in space and on earth there is a strong drive to make smaller autonomous robots. Smaller implies lower production costs and the possibility to scale up to large multi-robot systems. Specifically for space exploration, this might lead to a reduction in launching costs. A challenge is to make such robots still perform on a level that is comparable to larger robots, under strict restrictions of size, weight, and power (SWaP).
During our presentation, we will highlight some of the frontiers in small autonomous robots, applied to both earth- and space drones. We will discuss recent advances in bio-inspired and constrained optimization approaches to creating extremely efficient artificial intelligence, self-learning drones (also in space), and autonomous flight of swarms, where drones have to avoid each other and coordinate with each other to achieve a global task. Finally, we will suggest directions of research that we deem very suitable for space application of the presented technologies.
Primary authors
Dr
Guido de Croon
(TU Delft)
Dr
Javier Alonso-Mora
(Delft University of Technology)
