Sumeet Gajanan Satpute

About me

I am an Associate Senior Lecturer with the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence group. My current research focuses on multiple spacecraft formation and autonomous planetary explorations with multiple agents. I received the Ph.D. degree from the Onboard Space Systems group, Kiruna, and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Control Systems from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), India.

Projects

• AERO TRAIN External link. is a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) - European Training Network (ETN) project, which aims to develop areal robotic technologies for the safe inspection and maintenance tasks of the civil and industrial ifrastructures. The project focuses on developing control methods to enhance the reliable remote operability of the aerial manipulators in remote locations. We focus on developing an augmented reality based interface that will enable easy, accurate, and safe human-machine collaborative operations. In addition, we also aim at developing robust control schemes against varying time delays necessary for remote tele-operations. 
• UNIVERSEH External link, opens in new window.- European Space University for Earth and Humanity: It is an alliance of five universities in Europe to develop a new way of collaboration in the field of Space, within the new "European Universities" initiative promoted by the European Commission. 
• OPTACOM -Optimized and Autonomous Constellation Orbit Management is an industrial consortium lead byOHB Sweden, while other participants being OHB systems, DLR duckLuleå University of technology External link.. The project focuses on developing a decentralized orbit control management algorithms for large satellite constellations in order to perform a number of autonomous tasks such as orbit initialization (phasing) after launch and early orbit phase, station-keeping and collision avoidance.  
• RIT2021 External link. (2015-2021) is a collaborative EU-funded project with the objective to create sustainable growth in the region of Norrbotten and enhancing its role as Sweden's leading space region. My participation was through an R&D project 'Guidance and Control for Multiple Spacecraft Formation' which was also in collaboration withOHB Sweden External link.. The main objectives of this work was to develop safe and fuel efficient control algorithms for the spacecraft formation flying missions as well as studying how to advance the real-world use of formation flying for future space explorations (link External link.). 

Teaching 

I have been involved in course development activities for the R7030R course and designing of the new education based masters program.

Teaching assistance

R7030R Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control External link.: Autumn 2020, 21, 22, 23.

R7017EBiorobotics External link.: Spring 2024

Supervision

PhD (Assistant Supervisor)

• Vignesh Kottayam Viswanathan External link.: Autonomous visual inspection in extreme environments 
• Achilles External link.Seisa External link.: Augmented reality for enhancing semi-autonomous remote aerial manipulation 
• Viswa Narayanan Sankaranarayanan External link.: Drone based Robust Control Schemes against varying time delays 

Masters Thesis

• Federico Gatti : Docking strategies for floating platforms
• Frank Fourlas (University of Patras): Advanced control techniques for collaborative satellites
• Fadel Chams : Collision Avoidance for small spacecrafts in LEO
• Vignesh Kottayam Viswanathan :  Cooperative navigation in space in-proximity of small bodies
• Enrico Giacomini : Design, modeling and control of a thrust based UAV

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