A Spacecraft Learns to Track a Circular Trajectory
After 10 trials, the robotic spacecraft has autonomously learned to accurately track a circular trajectory around a target. The average position tracking error decreased from 5 to 1.2 cm over the learning trials.
Work by Steve Ulrich and Kirk Hovell at the Spacecraft Robotics and Control Lab, Carleton University, www.carleton.ca/spacecraft.
More details can be found in this paper:
Ulrich, S., and Hovell, K., “Iterative Learning Control of Spacecraft Proximity Operations Based on Confidence Level,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Grapevine, TX, 9-13 Jan, 2017, AIAA Paper 2017-1046.
Music: Kai Engel – Scenery