Design, control, and experimentation of internally‐actuated rovers for the exploration of low‐gravity planetary bodies BJ Hockman, A Frick, RG Reid, IAD Nesnas, M Pavone Journal of Field Robotics 34 (1), 5-24, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
Stochastic motion planning for hopping rovers on small solar system bodies B Hockman, M Pavone Robotics Research: The 18th International Symposium ISRR, 877-893, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
Free-flyer acquisition of spinning objects with gecko-inspired adhesives MA Estrada, B Hockman, A Bylard, EW Hawkes, MR Cutkosky, M Pavone 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 4907-4913, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
Robust capture and deorbit of rocket body debris using controllable dry adhesion A Bylard, R MacPherson, B Hockman, MR Cutkosky, M Pavone 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-9, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
Autonomous exploration of small bodies toward greater autonomy for deep space missions IAD Nesnas, BJ Hockman, S Bandopadhyay, BJ Morrell, DP Lubey, J Villa, ... Frontiers in Robotics and AI 8, 650885, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
Experimental methods for mobility and surface operations of microgravity robots B Hockman, RG Reid, IAD Nesnas, M Pavone 2016 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 752-763, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
Silhouette-based 3D shape reconstruction of a small body from a spacecraft S Bandyonadhyay, I Nesnas, S Bhaskaran, B Hockman, B Morrell 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-13, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
Robust visual localization for hopping rovers on small bodies S Chiodini, RG Reid, B Hockman, IAD Nesnas, S Debei, M Pavone 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 897-903, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
EELS: Autonomous snake-like robot with task and motion planning capabilities for ice world exploration TS Vaquero, G Daddi, R Thakker, M Paton, A Jasour, MP Strub, RM Swan, ... Science Robotics 9 (88), eadh8332, 2024 | 14 | 2024 |
Gravity estimation at small bodies via optical tracking of hopping artificial probes J Villa, A French, J McMahon, D Scheeres, B Hockman arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.06412, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
Designing reachbot: System design process with a case study of a martian lava tube mission S Newdick, TG Chen, B Hockman, E Schmerling, MR Cutkosky, M Pavone 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-9, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
Trajectory optimization for dynamic grasping in space using adhesive grippers R MacPherson, B Hockman, A Bylard, MA Estrada, MR Cutkosky, ... Field and Service Robotics: Results of the 11th International Conference, 49-64, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
Moon Diver: Exploring a pit's exposed strata to understand lunar volcanism IAD Nesnas, L Kerber, G Sellar, T Balint, B Denevi, AJ Parness, ... Acta Astronautica 211, 163-176, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
Architecture trades for accessing small bodies with an autonomous small spacecraft S Papais, BJ Hockman, S Bandyopadhyay, RR Karimi, S Bhaskaran, ... 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-20, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
Experimental validation of cryobot thermal models for the exploration of ocean worlds P do Vale Pereira, MJ Durka, BP Hogan, K Richmond, MWE Smith, ... The Planetary Science Journal 4 (5), 81, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
3D shape reconstruction of small bodies from sparse features B Jarvis, GPT Choi, B Hockman, B Morrell, S Bandopadhyay, D Lubey, ... IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6 (4), 7089-7096, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Autonomous feature tracking for autonomous approach to a small body BJ Morrell, J Villa, S Bandyopadhyay, D Lubey, B Hockman, S Bhaskaran, ... ASCEND 2020, 4151, 2020 | 8 | 2020 |
Optical navigation for autonomous approach of unexplored small bodies J Villa | 8 | 2020 |
EELS: Towards Autonomous Mobility in Extreme Terrain with a Versatile Snake Robot with Resilience to Exteroception Failures R Thakker, M Paton, MP Strub, M Swan, G Daddi, R Royce, P Tosi, ... 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Optical navigation for autonomous approach of small unknown bodies J Villa, S Bandyopadhyay, B Morrell, B Hockman, S Bhaskaran, I Nesnas Proceedings of the 43rd Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation & Control Conference …, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |