Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach

© 2020 IAA Precision landing on large and small planetary bodies is a technology of utmost importance for future human and robotic exploration of the solar system. In this context, the Zero-Effort-Miss/Zero-Effort-Velocity (ZEM/ZEV) feedback guidance algorithm has been studied extensively and is sti...

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Main Authors: Furfaro, Roberto, Scorsoglio, Andrea, Linares, Richard, Massari, Mauro
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135439
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author Furfaro, Roberto
Scorsoglio, Andrea
Linares, Richard
Massari, Mauro
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
author_facet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Furfaro, Roberto
Scorsoglio, Andrea
Linares, Richard
Massari, Mauro
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description © 2020 IAA Precision landing on large and small planetary bodies is a technology of utmost importance for future human and robotic exploration of the solar system. In this context, the Zero-Effort-Miss/Zero-Effort-Velocity (ZEM/ZEV) feedback guidance algorithm has been studied extensively and is still a field of active research. The algorithm, although powerful in terms of accuracy and ease of implementation, has some limitations. Therefore with this paper we present an adaptive guidance algorithm based on classical ZEM/ZEV in which machine learning is used to overcome its limitations and create a closed loop guidance algorithm that is sufficiently lightweight to be implemented on board spacecraft and flexible enough to be able to adapt to the given constraint scenario. The adopted methodology is an actor-critic reinforcement learning algorithm that learns the parameters of the above-mentioned guidance architecture according to the given problem constraints.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1354392023-09-19T19:00:47Z Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach Furfaro, Roberto Scorsoglio, Andrea Linares, Richard Massari, Mauro Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics © 2020 IAA Precision landing on large and small planetary bodies is a technology of utmost importance for future human and robotic exploration of the solar system. In this context, the Zero-Effort-Miss/Zero-Effort-Velocity (ZEM/ZEV) feedback guidance algorithm has been studied extensively and is still a field of active research. The algorithm, although powerful in terms of accuracy and ease of implementation, has some limitations. Therefore with this paper we present an adaptive guidance algorithm based on classical ZEM/ZEV in which machine learning is used to overcome its limitations and create a closed loop guidance algorithm that is sufficiently lightweight to be implemented on board spacecraft and flexible enough to be able to adapt to the given constraint scenario. The adopted methodology is an actor-critic reinforcement learning algorithm that learns the parameters of the above-mentioned guidance architecture according to the given problem constraints. 2021-10-27T20:23:28Z 2021-10-27T20:23:28Z 2020 2021-05-05T18:37:13Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135439 en 10.1016/J.ACTAASTRO.2020.02.051 Acta Astronautica Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV MIT web domain
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title Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach
title_full Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach
title_fullStr Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach
title_short Adaptive generalized ZEM-ZEV feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach
title_sort adaptive generalized zem zev feedback guidance for planetary landing via a deep reinforcement learning approach
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