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Journal of Robotics • Vol 2025 • No 1
Design and Simulation of a Four‐Legged Mobile Robot for Autonomous Navigation on a Spacecraft Hull
January 2025 • Motaz Hassan, Kayla Dremann, Ashton Orosa, E. Joseph Metzger, Nathan Doty, Julia Patek, Siamak Farhad, Ajay Mahajan
This study presents the design and simulation of a four‐legged mobile robot engineered for autonomous navigation on the exterior surface of a spacecraft hull. Unlike existing space robotic systems that rely on fixed infrastructure or operate in structured environments, this quadruped robot is designed to traverse complex, nonplanar hull geometries without external support. The robot integrates global path planning using Dijkstra’s algorithm with real‐time orientation correction via an onboard MPU‐6050 IMU, enablin…
Computer Science
Spacecraft
Lexie Hull
Mobile Robot
Simulation
Robot
Aerospace Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Engineering