EPSRC project AAReST autonomous assembly of a reconfigurable space telescope using 3U nanosatellites

Lecturer in Aerospace Control Nadjim Horri
Control lead in EPSRC/AAReST
Qualifications: MEng, PhD, FHEA
Email: nmh22@leicester.ac.uk

Project work packages 

• Navigation and control of the mobile robotic nanosatellite simulators.
• Electromagnetic docking between two nanosatellites
• Relative motion estimation using Kinect based visual navigation
• Air bearing table facility development
• 3U nanosatellite demonstrators development
  
  

Main result

• Project has run between 09/2011 and 03/2012
• University of Surrey led
• Led the control work packages (autonomous driving, path following, MPC, mode switching control based on Sensors availability)