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Development of a verification and validation framework for autonomous soft-docking of spacecraft with uncertain dynamic properties (2016) read it

Development of a guidance, navigation and control architecture and validation process enabling autonomous docking to a tumbling satellite

Nolet, Simon, 1975- (2007)

  • Advisor: David W. Miller
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Design and implementation of a relative state estimator for docking and formation control of modular autonomous spacecraft

Hoff, Nicholas R (2007)

  • Advisor: David W. Miller
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Persistent vision-based search and track using multiple UAVs

Bethke, Brett (Brett M.) (2007)

  • Advisor: Lau, Jonathan (Jonathan Ho Yin)
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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System characterization and online mass property identification of the SPHERES formation flight testbed

Berkovitz, Dustin S. (Dustin Scott) (2008)

  • Advisor: David W. Miller
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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An application of linear covariance analysis to the design of responsive near-rendezvous missions

Visser, Benjamin Lee (2007)

  • Advisor: Miotto, Piero
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Multiple-vehicle resource-constrained navigation in the deep ocean

Reed, Brooks Louis-Kiguchi (2011)

  • Advisors: Dana R. Yoerger; Franz S. Hover
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Reconfigurable thruster selection algorithms for aggregative spacecraft systems

Jewison, Christopher Michael (2014)

  • Advisors: Alvar Saenz-Otero; David W. Miller
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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A performance-driven experiment framework for space technology development using the International Space Station

Hilton, Andrew Robert (2015)

  • Advisors: Alvar Saenz-Otero; David W. Miller
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Autonomous data collection techniques for approximating marine vehicle kinematics

Gerlach, Jacob (2015)

  • Advisors: John J. Leonard ; Michael R. Benjamin
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Design and utility assessment of attitude control systems for EVA task performance

Sheerin, Todd F. (Todd Fillmore) (2015)

  • Advisors: Jeffrey A. Homa; Michele D. Carpenter
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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