2024-2025 Autonomous Spacecraft Robotics (DOT) Capstone Project
Under the leadership of Alexander Crain, Kristian Delaney, Courtney Savytska, and Prof. Steve Ulrich, the team of 16 students enrolled in DOT developed innovative LiDAR-based computer vision, MPC guidance and control techniques as well as DIOR (Docking Interface for Orbital Refueling) – a unique docking/refueling mechanism – to enable an autonomous rendezvous, docking and refueling maneuver between a servicer and a client spacecraft platform.