Autonomous Satellite Chasers Can Use Robotic Vision to Capture Orbiting Satellites


Autonomous Satellite Chasers Can Use Robotic Vision to Capture Orbiting Satellites -- Clay Dillow  -- Popular Science  -- October 13, 2010
Space Warfare

Spanish robotics engineers have devised a new weapon in the battle against zombie-sats and space junk: an automated robotics system that employs computer vision technology and algorithmic wizardry to allow unmanned space vehicles to autonomously chase down, capture, and even repair satellites in orbit.

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