Debrief: Machine Learning Flies Robot Safely Through ISS

Astrobee robot

Warm start model could make trajectory optimization easier for space robots.

Credit: NASA
A team of Stanford researchers have test-flown an autonomous robot inside the International Space Station (ISS), demonstrating a technique for guiding robots in space when computational resources are limited. The researchers used a “machine learning-based warm start” to train the Astrobee free...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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