A5061949827- Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Space Satellite Systems and Control
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Embedded Systems Design Techniques
- Radiation Effects in Electronics
- Interconnection Networks and Systems
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation
- Digital Filter Design and Implementation
- Advanced Data Compression Techniques
- Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Fault Detection and Control Systems
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Advanced Vision and Imaging
- Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
- Video Analysis and Summarization
- Network Time Synchronization Technologies
- Advanced Neural Network Applications
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
GMV Innovating Solutions (Spain)
2017-2024
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2013
Vision-based navigation has become increasingly important in a variety of space applications for enhancing autonomy and dependability. Future missions, such as active debris removal remediating the low Earth orbit environment, will rely on novel high-performance avionics to support advanced image processing algorithms with substantial workloads. However, when designing new architectures, constraints relating use electronics present great challenges, further exacerbated by need significantly...
This paper describes a reconfigurable architecture for an on-board processor to be used in space exploration critical systems. It relies on, dynamically multi-accelerator hardware that provides transparent reconfiguration and scalable performance, dependability, power consumption, at run-time. The is integrated under RTEMS operating system, which manages fault mitigation fully-compatible way with requirements. In this work, the proposed implement vision-based navigation providing fully...
This paper presents a mapping system that is suitable for small mobile robots. An ad hoc algorithm based on the Occupancy Grid method has been developed. The includes some simplifications in order to be used with low-cost hardware resources. proposed built completely autonomous and unassisted. proposal tested robot uses infrared sensors measure distances obstacles an ultrasonic beacon localization, besides wheel encoders. Finally, experimental results are presented.
The advent of space applications with increased computational requirements has led the industry to consider innovative chips and avionics architectures for high-performance on-board data processing. In a relatively limited market, European BRAVE1family Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) offers such novel radiation-hardened solutions. Towards verification, current work devises applies methodology thoroughly assess BRAVE FPGAs their SW tools. paper focuses on NG-Large, i.e., largest FPGA...
Emerging applications and devices in the space industry put forward implementation of on-board high-performance processing. The new European FPGA NGMEDIUM is expected to play a key role this direction owing its radiation-hardened process, high-density, reconfigurability. In current work, we devise methodology evaluate capabilities NG-MEDIUM programming tools. proposed involves numerous successive inter-dependent steps for assessing thoroughly Synthesis, Placement, Routing, Programming...
The Clean Space initiative of the European Agency (ESA) seeks to decrease environmental impact space programmes by focusing, among others, on Active Debris Removal (ADR) and eDeorbit. In this direction, one main challenges is autonomously track approach a big non-cooperative satellite such as ENVISAT. To achieve high level autonomy required in phase ADR mission, vision based navigation will guide chaser spacecraft real-time high-definition images acquired processed on-board at frame-rates....
Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards developed by the Time-Sensitive task group IEEE 802.1 working group. These define mechanisms for time-sensitive transmission data over deterministic Ethernet Networks. A flexible, reliable and communication bus have been designed, implemented qualified flight in frame avionic development micro launchers that will fly with MIURA 1. The fault tolerant enables hard real time communications secure time-multiplexed transmision links. This...
The emergence of demanding space applications has modified the traditional landscape computing systems in space. When reliability is a first-class concern, addition to enhanced performance-per-Watt, radiation-hardened FPGAs are favored. In this context, current paper evaluates first European SoC FPGA, i.e., NanoXplore's NG-ULTRA, for accelerating high-performance DSP algorithms from applications. proposed development & testing methodologies provide efficient implementations, while they also...
This document presents an evaluation of different avionics solutions for space, evaluating the utilization high-performance rad-tolerant and rad-hard solutions, mainly based in space SRAM-based FPGA but at same time leveraging COTS technology into fault-tolerant ruggedized products. Different use-cases are considered Deep Learning applications that used as experiments, being implemented deployed processing targets under such Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale, Zynq Ultrascale+, Myriad Versal ACAP. We...