Review of in-space assembly technologies

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Idrees, Qaveem and Luo, Xichun and Xie, Wenkun and Evans, Dorothy; (2025) Review of in-space assembly technologies. In: 2025 30th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9798331525453 (https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAC65379.2025.11196585)

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Abstract

In-Space Assembly (ISA) refers to assembly processes which occur above the Karmen Line. It is a novel method of assembling structures in space as an alternative to traditional terrestrial based assembly methods. ISA technologies are some of the most advanced and innovative, combing powerful software with robotics and high-level machinery. There are many advantages of using ISA, but there are also a number of challenges, such as human-robot coordination, precision and efficiency and large-scale assembly. This paper reviews these challenges and discusses how they can be overcome with the use of autonomous robotics as well as digital twin technology with AI integration and use of predictive maintenance.

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Idrees, Qaveem ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9740-8072, Luo, Xichun ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-7058, Xie, Wenkun ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-7356 and Evans, Dorothy;
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