Publications

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Peer-reviewed Publications (grouped by topic)

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Multi-Agent and Swarm Guidance Navigation and Control

Journals

  1. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Wolf, M. Pavone, “Review of Multi-Agent Algorithms for Collective Behavior: a Structural Taxonomy”, IEEE Control Systems Magazine (CSM), 2021, under review. (arxiv)
  2. C. Sinigaglia, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, F. Braghin, “Optimal Transport Based Density Feedback Control of Particle Swarms for Orbiting Rainbows Concept”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), 2021, under review.
  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Probabilistic and Distributed Control of a Large-Scale Swarm of Autonomous Agents,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1103-1123, Oct., 2017. (DOI)
  4. D. Zhou, Z. Wang, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Schwager, “Fast, On-line Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Vehicles using Buffered Voronoi Cells,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1047-1054, Apr., 2017. (DOI)
  5. S.-J. Chung, S. Bandyopadhyay, I. Chang, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Phase Synchronization Control of Complex Networks of Lagrangian Systems on Adaptive Digraphs,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 1148-1161, May, 2013. (DOI)

Conferences

  1. J. L. de Pablos, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, S. C. Bradford, V. Gehlot, M. Balas, “Detection and Mitigation of Transient Instabilities in Deployable Booms”, AIAA SciTech Spacecraft Structures, January 2022, submitted.
  2. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, S. C. Bradford, J. L. de Pablos, “Multi-Agent Control Approach to the Stability of Linear Deployable Systems”, AIAA SciTech Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), January 2022, submitted.
  3. N. Rahimi, S. Talebi, A. Deole, M. Mesbahi, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Rahmani, “Robust Controller Synthesis for Vision-based Spacecraft Guidance and Control”, AIAA SciTech Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), January 2022, submitted.
  4. S. Hernandez, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. S. Haynes, R. R. Karimi, J. R. Stuart, “Small Spacecraft Swarms Enabling Asteroid Radar Observations”, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, August 8-12, 2021, accepted.
  5. S. Hernandez, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. S. Haynes, R. R. Karimi, J. R. Stuart, B. Davidsson, C. Raymond, “Small Spacecraft Swarms Enabling Asteroid Radar Observations: Apophis Mission Study”, 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2021. [Abstract only] (LPSC Poster URL)
  6. M. S. Haynes, I. Fenni, Y. Gim, B. Daviddson, C. Raymond, S. Hernandez,
    S. Bandyopadhyay, J. R. Stuart, R. R. Karimi, “Small Body Radar Inverse Scattering In Monostatic And Bistatic Geometries”, 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2021. [Abstract only]
  7. K. Solovey, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Rossi, M. Wolf, M. Pavone, “Fast Near-Optimal Heterogeneous Task Allocation via Flow Decomposition”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi’an, China, May-June 2021, accepted.
  8. S. Bandyopadhyay, V. Gehlot, M. Balas, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, “Detection of Transient Instabilities in Swarms”, IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, LA, May 2021. (PDF)
  9. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, “Mitigation of Transient Instability in Formations of Dynamics Agents Using Projection Based Estimators”, IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, LA, May 2021. (PDF)
  10. S. Bandyopadhyay, V. Gehlot, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, M. Balas, “Detection and Mitigation of Transient Instabilities in Multi-Agent Systems and Swarms”, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), Online, Oct. 2020. (PDF)
  11. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, “Projection-Based Inter-Agent Collision Avoidance in Dual Agent Systems”, International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS), Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2020. (PDF)
  12. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Mote, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Communication-Aware Orbit Design for a Swarm of Small Spacecraft around a Small Body for Maximizing Science Returns” AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, CA, Aug. 2020. (PDF) (Youtube Video URL)
  13. M. B. Quadrelli, V. Vilnrotter, R. Hodges, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Finley, D. Kahan, “Experimental Validation of Swarm Array Results using Mars Cube One (MarCO) A,B Downlink Signals”, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2020. (DOI)
  14. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, and S. Bandyopadhyay, “Dynamic Stability And Adaptive Control of Networked Evolving Formations with Weak Nonlinearities”, AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Conference, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2020. (DOI)
  15. P. Culbertson, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Schwager, “Multi-Robot Assembly Sequencing via Discrete Optimization”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, Nov. 2019. (DOI)
  16. M. B. Quadrelli, R. Hodges, V. Vilnrotter, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Tassi, S. Bevilacqua, “Distributed Swarm Antenna Arrays for Deep Space Applications”, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2019. (DOI)
  17. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Wolf, M. Pavone, “Review of Multi-Agent Algorithms for Collective Behavior: a Structural Taxonomy”, IFAC Networked & Autonomous Air & Space Systems Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, June, 2018. (DOI)
  18. S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Baldini, R. Foust, S.-J. Chung, A. Rahmani, J.-P. de la Croix, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Distributed Spatiotemporal Motion Planning for Spacecraft Swarms in Cluttered Environments,” AIAA Space, Orlando, Florida, Sept., 2017. (DOI)
  19. S. Bandyopadhyay and M. B. Quadrelli, “Optimal Transport based Control of Granular Imaging Systems in Space,” 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Boulder, Colorado, June, 2017. (PDF)
  20. S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Baldini, R. Foust, A. Rahmani, J.-P. de la Croix, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Distributed Fast Motion Planning for Spacecraft Swarms in Cluttered Environments using Spherical Expansions and Sequence of Convex Optimization Problems,” 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Boulder, Colorado, June, 2017. (PDF)
  21. D. Zhou, Z. Wang, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Schwager, “Fast, On-line Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Vehicles using Buffered Voronoi Cells,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May-June, 2017. (DOI)
  22. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “A Probabilistic Eulerian Approach for Motion Planning of a Large-Scale Swarm of Robots,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, Korea, Oct., 2016. (DOI)
  23. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Feedback-Based Inhomogeneous Markov Chain Approach To Probabilistic Swarm Guidance,” 8th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Delft, The Netherlands, June, 2015. (PDF)
  24. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Probabilistic Swarm Guidance using Optimal Transport,” IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC), Antibes, France, Oct. 2014. (Best Student Paper Award Finalist) (DOI)
  25. D. Morgan, G. P. Subramanian, S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Probabilistic Guidance of Distributed Systems using Sequential Convex Programming,” International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Chicago, IL, Sept., 2014. (DOI)
  26. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Inhomogeneous Markov Chain Approach to Probabilistic Swarm Guidance Algorithm,” 5th Int. Conf. on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies (SFFMT), Munich, Germany, May 2013. (PDF)
  27. S. Bandyopadhyay, C. M. Saaj, and B. Bandyopadhyay, “Stability analysis of small satellite formation flying and reconfiguration missions in deep space”, 12th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems (VSS), Mumbai, India, 12-14 Jan. 2012. (DOI)
  28. S. Bandyopadhyay, C. M. Saaj, and B. Bandyopadhyay, “Development of Sliding Mode Controller for Small Satellite in Planetary Orbital Environment Formation Flying Missions”, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paper ID: IAC-10-C1.5.6, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept., 2010. (PDF)
  29. C. M. Saaj, S. Bandyopadhyay, and B. Bandyopadhyay, “Robust Control and Path Planning Algorithms for Small Satellites in Formation Flying Mission”, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paper ID: IAC-09-B4.6A.3, Daejeon, South Korea, Oct., 2009. (PDF)

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Single-Agent Guidance Navigation and Control

Journals

  1. B. Jarvis, G. Choi, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Lubey, J. Villa, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, “Coarse Mapping of Small Bodies”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2021, under review.
  2. I. Nesnas, B. Hockman, S. Bandopadhyay, B. Morrell, D. Lubey, J. Villa, D. Bayard, A. Osmundson, B. Jarvis, M. Bersani, and S. Bhaskaran, “Autonomous Exploration of Small Bodies Toward Greater Autonomy for Deep Space Missions,” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021. under review.
  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Nonlinear Attitude Control of Spacecraft with a Large Captured Object,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 754-769, Apr., 2016. (DOI)

Conferences

  1. G. Turco, B. Morrell, J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Hockman, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, S. Bhaskaran, D. Lubey “CNN-Based Robust Feature Tracking For The Autonomous Approach To An Unknown Small Body”, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 2021. (accepted)
  2. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Villa, A. Osmundson, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, D. Lubey, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, J. McMahon, I. Nesnas “Light-Robust Shape-from-Silhouette Algorithm for Autonomous Optical Navigation to an Unknown Small Body” 31st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Charlotte, NC, Jan.-Feb. 2021. (PDF)
  3. B. Morrell, J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Lubey, B. Hockman, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, “Automatic Feature Tracking on Small Bodies for Autonomous Approach”, AIAA ASCEND, Virtual, Nov. 2020. (DOI)
  4. J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Morrell, B. Hockman, A. Harvard, S.-J. Chung, S. Bhaskaran, I. Nesnas, “Optical Navigation For Autonomous Approach Of Small Un-known Bodies”, AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, Feb., 2020. (PDF)
  5. J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Morrell, B. Hockman, S. Bhaskaran, I. Nesnas, “Optical Navigation for the Autonomous Approach of Small Unknown Bodies”, 2nd Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Space Imaging Workshop, Oct., 2019. (PDF)
  6. S. Bandyopadhyay, I. Nesnas, S. Bhaskaran, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, “Silhouette-based 3D Shape Reconstruction of a Small Body from a Spacecraft”, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2019. (DOI)
  7. M. Landolfi, S. Bandyopadhyay, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Autonomous Guidance Navigation and Control for Agile Quadrotors Using Polynomial Trajectory Planning and L1 Adaptive Control,” 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Valletta, Malta, July, 2017. (DOI)
  8. F. Baldini, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Foust, S.-J. Chung, A. Rahmani, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Bacula, C. M. Chilan, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Fast Motion Planning for Agile Space Systems with Multiple Obstacles,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Long Beach, CA, Sept., 2016. (DOI)
  9. G. Falcone, A. Saxena, S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Attitude Control of the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Spacecraft with a Captured Boulder” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Long Beach, CA, Sept., 2016. (DOI)
  10. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Nonlinear Attitude Control Of Spacecraft With A Captured Asteroid,” 8th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Delft, The Netherlands, June, 2015. (PDF)
  11. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Attitude Control and Stabilization of Spacecraft with a Captured Asteroid,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), Kissimee, FL, Jan., 2015. (Best Presentation in Session) (DOI)

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Distributed Estimation and Distributed Computing

Journal

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay and S.-J. Chung, “Distributed Bayesian Filtering Algorithm for Dynamic Sensor Networks,” Automatica, Vol. 97, pp. 7-17, Nov. 2018. (DOI)
  2. S. Bandyopadhyay and S.-J. Chung, “Distributed Estimation using Bayesian Consensus Filtering,” 2014. (arxiv)

Conference

  1. J. V. Hook, T. Vaquero, M. Troesch, J.-P. de la Croix, J. Schoolcraft, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Chien, “Dynamic Shared Computing Resources for Multi-Robot Mars Exploration”, International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), Delft, Netherlands, June, 2018. (PDF)
  2. S. Bandyopadhyay and S.-J. Chung, “Distributed Estimation using Bayesian Consensus Filtering,” IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), Portland, OR, June, 2014. (DOI)

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Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT)

Journals

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, P. McGarey, A. Goel, R. Rafizadeh, M. Delapierre, M. Arya, N. Chahat, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, K. Jenks, G. Hallinan, R. Wilson, “Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far Side of the Moon”, NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase 1 Report, 2021. (PDF)

Conferences

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, P. McGarey, A. Goel, R. Rafizadeh, M. Delapierre, M. Arya, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, N. Chahat, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, K. Jenks, G. Hallinan, “Conceptual Design of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far Side of the Moon”, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Online, Mar. 2021. (PDF)
  2. A. Goel, S. Bandyopadhyay, P. McGarey, R. Rafizadeh, P. Goldsmith, J. Lazio, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, G. Hallinan, “Ultra-Long Wavelength Radio Astronomy using the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Farside of the Moon”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Online, Dec. 2020. [Abstract only] (AGU Poster URL)
  3. P. McGarey, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Rafizadeh, A. Goel, M. Arya, I. Nesnas, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, G. Hallinan, “A Concept For The Deployment Of A Large Lunar Crater Radio Telescope On The Moon Using Teams Of Tethered Robots”, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), Online, Oct. 2020. (PDF)
  4. S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Rafizadeh, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, P. McGarey, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, G. Hallinan, “Conceptual Design of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far Side of the Moon”, AIAA ASCEND, Virtual, Nov. 2020. [Abstract only]  (Youtube Video URL)
  5. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Lazio, A. Stoica, P. Goldsmith, B. Blair, M. Quadrelli, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Conceptual Ideas for Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2018. (DOI)

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Systems Engineering

Journals

  1. A. Nanjangud, P. Blacker, S. Bandyopadhyay, Y. Gao, “Robotics and AI-enabled On-Orbit Operations with Future Generation of Small Satellites,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 106, no. 3, pp. 429-439, Mar., 2018. (DOI)
  2. S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Foust, G. P. Subramanian, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Review of Formation Flying and Constellation Missions Using Nanosatellites,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 567-578, 2016. (DOI)

Conferences

  1. S. Papais, B. Hockman, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Karimi, S. Bhaskaran, I. Nesnas, “Architecture Trades for Accessing Small Bodies with an Autonomous Small Spacecraft”, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar., 2020. (DOI)
  2. A. Rahmani, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Rossi, J.-P. de la Croix, J. Vander Hook, M. Wolf, “Space Vehicle Swarm Exploration Missions: A Study of Key Enabling Technologies and Gaps”, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Washington, D.C., USA, Oct. 2019. (PDF)
  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, G. P. Subramanian, R. Foust, S. Chan, D. Morgan, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “A Review of Impending Small Satellite Formation Flying Missions,” AIAA Small Satellites, Kissimee, FL, Jan., 2015. (DOI)
  4. G. P. Subramanian, S. Chan, R. Foust, Y. Taleb, D. Rogers, J. Kokkat, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Morgan, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Information-Driven Systems Engineering Study of a Formation Flying Demonstration Mission using Six CubeSats,” AIAA Small Satellites, Kissimee, FL, Jan., 2015. (DOI)
  5. E. Dahan, Z. Herman, C. Procaccino, T. Wang, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Ahern, S. D’Urso, “Investigation into System Functionality and Decomposition as an Extension to Previous Mars Exploration Studies,” AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference & Exposition, San Diego, CA, Sept., 2013. (DOI)
  6. S. S. Mulay, J. Joshi, Y. S. Chati, V. V. Unhelkar, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Tamaskar, M. Bommanahal, C. Talnikar, and A. Kumar, “Attitude Determination and Control of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s First Student Satellite”, 1st IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, Porto, Portugal, March, 2012. (PDF)
  7. J. Jha, D. Thakur, K. Neema, T. Jadhav, M. Rachh, and S. Bandyopadhyay, “Design of the Groundstation, Polarization Measurement Setup and the Social Goal of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s First Student Satellite”, 1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat Workshop, Roma, Italy, Jan., 2011.
  8. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Jha, A. Goel, D. Thakur, K. Neema, M. Rachh, N. Reddy, S. Meesla, and S. Das, “Measurement of Total Electron Count of the Ionosphere and the Social Goal of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s first Student Satellite”, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Prague, Czech Republic, Sept., 2010. (PDF)
  9. S. Bandyopadhyay, H. Mukundarajan, S. Mulay, M. Chaturvedi, M. Patel, S. Diwale, A. Shah, G. P. Subramanian, A. Subramanyam, K. Kaur, M. Dhanasree, A. Kumar, and K. R. Eedara, “System Engineering and Integration of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s first Student Satellite”, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Prague, Czech Republic, Sept., 2010. (PDF)
  10. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Jha, H. Mukundarajan, A. Damle, D. Thakur, S. Mulay, P. Sachdeva, J. Joshi, V. Unhelkar, Y. Chati, M. Chaturvedi, N. Parab, M. Rachh, S. Tamaskar, M. Bommanahal, A. Goel, K. Neema, S. Das, V. Sresht, R. Pai, A. Chiplunkar, “Introduction to Pratham, IIT Bombay’s Student Satellite Project”, Indian Small Satellite Systems Conference, Bangalore, India, April, 2010.

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Phd Thesis at UIUC (January 2016)
Novel probabilistic and distributed algorithms for guidance, control, and nonlinear estimation of large-scale multi-agent systems. (UIUC IDEALS Webpage)

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