1. Experimental Evaluation of Pose Initialization Methods for Relative Navigation Between Non-Cooperative Satellites
- Author
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Chiodini, Sebastiano, Pertile, Marco, Fracchiolla, Pierdomenico, Valmorbida, Andrea, Lorenzini, Enrico, and Debei, Stefano
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Computer Science - Robotics ,Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition - Abstract
In this work, we have analyzed the problem of relative pose initialization between two satellites: a chaser and a non-cooperating target. The analysis has been targeted to two close-range methods based on a monocular camera system: the Sharma-Ventura-D'Amico (SVD) method and the silhouette matching method. Both methods are based on a priori knowledge of the target geometry, but neither fiducial markers nor a priori range measurements or state information are needed. The tests were carried out using a 2U CubeSat mock-up as target attached to a motorized rotary stage to simulate its relative motion with respect to the chaser camera. A motion capture system was used as a reference instrument that provides the fiducial relative motion between the two mock-ups and allows to evaluate the performances of the initialization algorithms analyzed., Comment: To be presented at the 2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Metrology for AeroSpace
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- 2022