Publikation
Overview of Research on Multi-Robot Teams for Space Applications in Europe
Malte Wirkus; Wiebke Brinkmann; Carlos J. Perez del Pulgar Mancebo
In: Spiros Pantelakis; Andreas Strohmayer; Gustavo Alonso (Hrsg.). The 15th EASN International Conference on "Innovation in Aviation & Space Towards Sustainability Today & Tomorrow". EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation & Space towards Sustainability Today & Tomorrow (EASN-2025), October 14-17, Madrid, Spain, Pages 1-6, Engineering Proceedings, Vol. 133, No. 1, MDPI, 2026.
Zusammenfassung
Multi-robot systems (MRSs) are promising solutions for complex tasks because different capabilities can be distributed among several systems, resulting in simpler systems, redundancy, and scalability opportunities. This makes MRSs well-suited for planetary and space operation missions. This work reviews and categorizes several approaches to multirobotic teams in Europe into an adapted and extended classification scheme from the MRS literature. This paper presents the classification scheme and interprets the results of the literature review to identify research trends within the European space robotics community and pinpoint research gaps.