Emerging Technologies for Autonomous On-Orbit Servicing

Time: 15:00 - 16:10 AEST
Room: C4.4

Join leading minds from industry, academia, and policy-making to shape the future of autonomous on-orbit servicing. This special session is a unique forum where diverse perspectives meet to align technological innovation with practical needs and regulatory realities. We will explore how emerging advances in robotics, AI, and computer vision can transform satellite servicing operations. Help bridge the gap between research breakthroughs, policy frameworks and real-world implementation in this critical domain.

Organizers

Teresa VIDAL-CALLEJA

Professor and Research Director, Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Australia

Donald DANSEREAU

Senior Lecturer, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney

Australia

Thierry PEYNOT

Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Australia

Miguel Angel OLIVARES-MENDEZ

Associate Professor, University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Julian GUINANE

Space Systems Engineer, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney

Australia

Nathan WALLACE

Research Fellow, Agriculture and Environment Group, Australian Centre for Robotics (ACFR), The University of Sydney

Australia

Jack NAYLOR

PhD Candidate, Australian Centre for Robotics, The University of Sydney

Australia

Minduli WIJAYATUNGA

Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

United States

Jennifer WAKULICZ

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney

Australia

Facilitators

Mikhail ASAVKIN

Founder, ANT61

Australia

Julia MITCHELL

Lead Systems Engineering and Payloads, Space Machines Company

Australia

Speakers

Agnès MESTREAU

ESA-ESTEC Head of the Systems Engineering Division, European Space Agency (ESA)

Netherlands

Lucinda KING

Mission Concepts Engineer, Space Business Unit, BAE Systems

United Kingdom

Marco DE STEFANO

Research Associate, Department for Analysis and Control of Advanced Robotic Systems, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

Germany

Sho FUJITA

Senior Director, Space Technologies, Astroscale

Japan