Small bodies such as asteroids and comets display great variability in terms of surface
morphological features. These are often unknown beforehand but can be employed for …

This paper presents an in-depth analysis of state-of-the-art semantic segmentation
algorithms applied to spacecraft safe planetary landing via hazard detection and avoidance …

Autonomous safe landing of UAVs is an important and challenging task in unknown
environments, as almost no prior scene information can be leveraged for navigation. Most …

With autonomous aerial vehicles enacting safety-critical missions, such as the Mars Science
Laboratory Curiosity rover's landing on Mars, the tasks of automatically identifying and …

CubeSat formations have been identified as a new paradigm for addressing important
science questions, but are often early adopters of new technologies which carry additional …

Autonomous hazard detection and avoidance is a key technology for future landing missions
in unknown surface conditions. Current state-of-the-art stochastic algorithms assume simple …

The Lunar landing has drawn great interest in lunar exploration in recent years, and
autonomous lunar landing navigation is fundamental to this task. AI is expected to play a …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0955. vid Safe landing site
detection is essential for crewed flight, autonomously operated aircraft, and space missions …

Autonomous identification and evaluation of safe landing zones are of paramount
importance for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of aerial robots in the event of system …

Autonomous hazard detection and avoidance (HD&A) poses a stochastic perceptionaware
guidance problem, where the visible surface depends on the trajectory, and the safest target …