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)