3 papers
cs.RO2024
Cost-Aware Query Policies in Active Learning for Efficient Autonomous Robotic Exploration
Sapphira Akins, Hans Mertens, Frances Zhu
In missions constrained by finite resources, efficient data collection is critical. Informative path planning, driven by automated decision-making, optimizes exploration by reducin…
astro-ph.IM2024
Jitter Characterization of the HyTI Satellite
Chase Urasaki, Frances Zhu, Michael Bottom +2
The Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) is a technology demonstration mission that will obtain high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution long-wave infrared images of Earth's…
cs.RO2023
Comparing Active Learning Performance Driven by Gaussian Processes or Bayesian Neural Networks for Constrained Trajectory Exploration
Sapphira Akins, Frances Zhu
Robots with increasing autonomy progress our space exploration capabilities, particularly for in-situ exploration and sampling to stand in for human explorers. Currently, humans dr…