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Transformer-aided Kalman filter enables monocular spacecraft pose estimation

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Researchers have developed a novel pipeline for estimating the pose of unknown spacecraft using only monocular images. This approach integrates a transformer-based neural network with a Multi-State Constraint Kalman Filter (MSCKF) to determine the relative position and orientation of a target spacecraft. Unlike previous methods, this pipeline does not require prior knowledge of the target's shape or additional sensors, generalizing to unseen spacecraft. The system was trained and evaluated on the SPE3R dataset, demonstrating median errors of 3.7° in attitude and 2.2% in range for unknown targets. AI

IMPACT This research advances AI's application in robotics and space exploration by enabling more robust and versatile navigation systems.

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Transformer-aided Kalman filter enables monocular spacecraft pose estimation

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Pol Francesch Huc, Simone D'Amico ·

    Monocular Navigation Relative to Unknown Spacecraft Using a Transformer-Aided Kalman Filter

    arXiv:2610.07231v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This work presents a novel learning-based pipeline for pose estimation of unknown spacecraft using only monocular images from a single servicer. The approach combines a transformer-based neural network with a Multi-State Constrain…

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