Navigation Around Unknown Space Objects Using Visible-Thermal Image Fusion

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Kavli Affiliate: David W. Miller | Summary:As the popularity of on-orbit operations grows, so does the need for precise navigation around unknown resident space objects (RSOs) such as other spacecraft, orbital debris, and asteroids. The use of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms is often studied as a method to map out the surface of […]


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Tolerance toward foreigners in ants requires chronic exposure for establishment but only sporadic exposure for maintenance

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Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Kronauer | Authors: Tiphaine P.M. Bailly, Matteo Rossi, Stephany Valdes-Rodriguez, Thomas Schmitt, Erik T. Frank and Daniel Kronauer | Summary: Social insects discriminate between foreigners and members of their own colony via complex olfactory cues. How plastic this discriminatory behavior is, and whether and under what circumstances ants can learn to accept […]


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