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Autor:
Lucy F. Lim, Jacob A. Englander, Alyssa Rhoden, Matthew A. Vavrina, Keith S. Noll, Lucy A. McFadden
Publikováno v:
Computing in Science & Engineering. 19:18-28
Trajectory design for missions to small bodies is tightly coupled both with the selection of targets for a mission and with the choice of spacecraft power, propulsion, and other hardware. Traditional methods of trajectory optimization have focused on
Publikováno v:
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 20:275-286
This paper presents the development and hardware implementation of an autonomous battery maintenance mechatronic system that significantly extends the operational time of battery powered small-scaled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A simultaneous ch
Autor:
Theresa Kowalkowski, Paul A. Finlayson, Matthew A. Vavrina, Jon A. Sims, Anastassios E. Petropoulos, Gregory J. Whiffen, Daniel W. Parcher
Publikováno v:
Acta Astronautica. 61:806-815
Results obtained at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the 1st ACT global trajectory optimisation competition are presented and the methods used to obtain them are described. The search for the globally optimal, low-thrust, gravity-assist trajectory f
Publikováno v:
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.
The Asteroid Robotic Redirect Mission (ARRM) has been the topic of many mission design studies since 2011. The reference ARRM spacecraft uses a powerful solar electric propulsion (SEP) system and a bag device to capture a small asteroid from an Earth
Publikováno v:
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF) will provide orbit determination and prediction support for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission during the missions commissioning period. The spacecraft will launch into a
Publikováno v:
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.
This paper presents mission performance analysis methods and results for the Asteroid Robotic Redirect Mission (ARRM) option to capture a free standing boulder on the surface of a 100 m or larger NEA. It details the optimization and design of helioce
Publikováno v:
ECC
In large-scale persistent missions, the vehicle capabilities and health often degrade over time. This paper presents a Health Aware Planning (HAP) Framework for long-duration complex UAV missions by establishing close feedback between the high-level
Autor:
Matthew A. Vavrina, Joshua Redding, Jonathan P. How, Tuna Toksoz, John Vian, Girish Chowdhary, N. Kemal Ure
Publikováno v:
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
planning problems in presence of state-correlated uncertainty.An online learning and planning framework is used to address the problem of improving planner performance for missions with state-dependent uncertain agent health dynamics. The framework i
Publikováno v:
ACC
This paper introduces an approximation algorithm for stochastic multi-agent planning based on Markov decision processes (MDPs). Specifically, we focus on a decentralized approach for planning the actions of a team of cooperating agents with uncertain
Autor:
Alborz Geramifard, Matthew A. Vavrina, N. Kemal Ure, Jonathan P. How, John Vian, Tuna Toksoz, Joshua Redding
Publikováno v:
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
This paper introduces and demonstrates a full hardware testbed for research in long-duration missions for multiple, autonomous agents. Speci cally, we describe an automated battery management platform designed to service multiple quadrotor agents in