Autonomous Spacecraft Docking

Jun 1, 2023

Docking demonstration

This project was conducted as an undergraduate research project in collaboration with Nyx Exploration Company and Antoine Pallois, focusing on autonomous spacecraft docking.

The work investigated guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) strategies for close-proximity operations, with a particular emphasis on vision-based relative navigation and closed-loop docking maneuvers. Experimental validation was performed using a quadcopter drone as a hardware test platform.

Technical report

📄 Final technical report (PDF)

Space Robotics Autonomous Systems Guidance, Navigation, and Control Aerospace Engineering Robotics
Erwin POUSSI
Erwin POUSSI
Aeronautics & Astronautics @ Stanford | Research Assistant (MSL & Qiu Lab)

Graduate student in Aeronautics & Astronautics at Stanford, working on robot learning and autonomous systems, with a focus on sim-to-real transfer and learned control policies.