iSpaRo 2024

1st International Conference on Space Robotics

Luxembourg, 24–27 June 2024

Official Website

Submission due

December 10, 2023

Notification

February 25, 2024

Camera-ready

April 1, 2024

The iSpaRo conference seeks to fill the gap between big robotics conferences and non-full-paper peer-reviewed space-oriented conferences by allowing researchers and industry professionals to engage in rigorous discussions and share their latest findings in the field. iSpaRo aims to push the boundaries of space robotics by exploring new research and development opportunities.

iSpaRo 2024 was held at Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg, as a 4-day conference following a standard IEEE single-track format combining keynotes and panels. Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Space Robotics. Accepted papers were submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore.

Topics

· Planetary exploration

· Manipulation in Space

· Teleoperation

· Multi-robot cooperation / collaboration

· Space robotic locomotion and Terramechanics

· In-Space Assembly and construction

· From Earth to Space / Extreme environments

· Orbital servicing and debris removal

· In-situ Resource Utilization

· Satellite formation-flying

· Satellite swarms

· Prox ops / rendezvous / docking

· Fractionated spacecraft and constellations

· Space logistics

Conference Board

General Chair

· Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez — University of Luxembourg

General Co-Chair

· Prof. Kenya Ishigami — Keio University, Japan

Steering Committee & Publication Co-Chairs

· Prof. Yang Gao — King's College London, UK

· Dr. Amir Rahmani — NASA-JPL

Technical Program Co-Chairs

· Prof. Teresa Vidal-Calleja — University of Technology Sydney

· Prof. Carlos Perez del Pulgar — University of Malaga

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Co-Chairs

· Prof. Frances Zhu — University of Hawaii

· Prof. Raj Thilak Rajan — TU Delft

Website & e-Media Co-Chairs

· Dr. Sofia Coloma — University of Luxembourg

· Dr. David Rodriguez — EPFL

Exhibition Co-Chairs

· Dr. Ksenia Klionovska — DLR, Germany

· Dr. Antoine Richard — University of Luxembourg

Local Arrangements & Awards Co-Chairs

· Dr. Carol Martinez — University of Luxembourg

· Prof. Simon Bøgh — Aalborg University

Scientific & Industrial Committee

· Prof. Kathleen C. Howell — Purdue University, USA

· Prof. Kazuya Yoshida — Tohoku University, Japan

· Dr. Vandi Verma — NASA JPL, USA

· Dr. Hendrik Kolvenbach — ETH Zurich, Switzerland

· Dr. Barbara Imhof — LIQUIFER Systems Group, Austria

· Dr. Armin Wedler — DLR, Germany

· Dr. Caroline Specht — DLR, Germany

· Prof. Simone D'Amico — Stanford University, USA

· Dr. Sofia Coloma — University of Luxembourg

· Dr. Navinda Kottege — CSIRO, Australia

· Ms. Irene Selvanathan — Neurospace GmbH, Germany

· Dr. Uland Y. Wong — NASA Ames, USA

· Monica Ekal — ISR Lisbon, Portugal

· Jaroslaw Jaworski — RedWire Luxembourg