Transformer Network-Aided Relative Pose Estimation for Non-cooperative Spacecraft Using Vision Sensor

Ahmed, Jamal; Arshad, Awais; Bang, Hyochoong; Choi, Yoonhyuk

doi:10.1007/s42405-023-00703-3

Transformer Network-Aided Relative Pose Estimation for Non-cooperative Spacecraft Using Vision Sensor

The objective of the proposed work is to perform monocular vision-based relative 6-DOF pose estimation of the non-cooperative target spacecraft relative to the chaser satellite in rendezvous operations. In this work, the convolutional neural network (CNN) is replaced by the high-resolution transf…