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Space Embodied Intelligence

Research on perception, planning, onboard computing and validation.

ACHIEVEMENTS

03 reviews · 12 technical reports

Five research categories

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Research reviews

Spacecraft AI, foundation models and resource-aware autonomy.

Research manuscript · 2026

AI for Spacecraft Sensing & Control

Guidance, navigation, control and thermal management in one system view.

AI for Space: A Survey of Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Thermal Management

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Research manuscript · 2026

Foundation Models for Space Robots

Connect model architectures, physical adaptation and validation.

Foundation Models for Autonomous Space Robotics: Architectures, Physical Adaptation, and Validation

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Research manuscript · 2026

Resource-Aware Space Robot Autonomy

Make physical resource budgets part of every autonomous decision.

Resource-Aware Embodied Autonomy for Space Robots: A Review

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Onboard efficiency

Compute, energy and heat budgets constrain how much intelligence can run onboard.

Spectral modulation · layer selection · selective computation

Findings of EMNLP · 2024

Spectral Modulation: Improving Model Capability Without Additional Inference Cost

Adjust model weights in the frequency domain without changing the inference architecture.

Unleashing the Potential of Large Language Models through Spectral Modulation

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CVPR · 2025

Layer-Wise Knowledge Analysis: Identifying Critical and Redundant Computation

Analyze knowledge changes across model layers to identify critical and redundant computation.

Towards Understanding How Knowledge Evolves in Large Vision-Language Models

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AAAI · 2025

Selective Rethinking: Combining Fast Classification with Diffusion-Based Review

Route uncertain classification results to a diffusion model for further evaluation.

An Efficient Framework for Enhancing Discriminative Models via Diffusion Techniques

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arXiv preprint · 2026

Compressing Onboard Language Models Under a Fidelity Requirement

Compose one static low-bit model from AWQ, GPTQ and AutoRound checkpoints, accepting each module substitution only when it closes the KL gap to the BF16 reference.

Compressing Onboard Language Models for Space Robots under a Behavioral-Fidelity Requirement

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Trustworthy perception

Changing illumination, occlusion and surface appearance make visual evidence difficult to trust.

Patch attribution · visual stress testing

TACL · 2025 · Vol. 13, pp. 744–759

Patchwise Attribution: Tracing Answers to Visual Evidence

Estimate how image patches contribute to a vision-language model’s answer.

Patchwise Cooperative Game-based Interpretability Method for Large Vision-language Models

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arXiv · 2024Preprint

Semantic Adversarial Patches: Testing Object Detection Robustness

Generate adversarial surface patterns to test object detector robustness.

AdvLogo: Adversarial Patch Attack against Object Detectors based on Diffusion Models

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Autonomous decisions

Delayed ground support and moving targets require timely decisions and independent review.

Real-time evaluation · candidate-plan peer review

arXiv · 2026Preprint

Real-Time Evaluation: Measuring Decision Quality Under Latency Constraints

Evaluate reasoning quality and decision latency in a continuously changing environment.

Beyond Scaling: Assessing Strategic Reasoning and Rapid Decision-Making Capability of LLMs in Zero-sum Environments

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arXiv · 2025 · updated 2026Preprint

Model Peer Review: Calibrated Scoring for Candidate Selection

Compare candidate responses through model peer review and calibrated scoring.

Scoring, Reasoning, and Selecting the Best! Ensembling Large Language Models via a Peer-Review Process

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arXiv preprint · 2026

Selective Attitude Capture Under Torque Limits

Paired-outcome learning that adapts maneuver speed to uncertain braking authority.

Paired-Outcome Learning for Selective Spacecraft Attitude Capture under Torque Limits

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arXiv preprint · 2026

Decentralized Multi-Quadrotor Trajectory Planning

Learning waypoints and passage events jointly for cooperative local planning.

Learning Waypoints and Passage Events for Decentralized Multi-Quadrotor Trajectory Planning

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Data & validation

Rare events and expensive physical trials demand controllable, diverse test scenarios.

State–action diffusion · semantic scene generation

arXiv · 2026Preprint

Joint State–Action Diffusion: Generating Controllable Test Scenarios

Generate coupled states and actions, with explicit control over scenario difficulty.

End-to-end Conditional Diffusion for Realistic and Controllable Visual Traffic Scenario Generation

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CVPR · 2025

Initial Noise Optimization: Improving Semantic Consistency in Image Generation

Optimize initial noise to improve agreement between generated images and text requirements.

Noise Diffusion for Enhancing Semantic Faithfulness in Text-to-Image Synthesis

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