Generalizable Spacecraft Trajectory Generation via Multimodal Learning with Transformers
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| author | Celestini, Davide Afsharrad, Amirhossein Gammelli, Daniele Guffanti, Tommaso Zardini, Gioele Lall, Sanjay Capello, Elisa D'Amico, Simone Pavone, Marco |
| author_facet | Celestini, Davide Afsharrad, Amirhossein Gammelli, Daniele Guffanti, Tommaso Zardini, Gioele Lall, Sanjay Capello, Elisa D'Amico, Simone Pavone, Marco |
| contents | Effective trajectory generation is essential for reliable on-board spacecraft autonomy. Among other approaches, learning-based warm-starting represents an appealing paradigm for solving the trajectory generation problem, effectively combining the benefits of optimization- and data-driven methods. Current approaches for learning-based trajectory generation often focus on fixed, single-scenario environments, where key scene characteristics, such as obstacle positions or final-time requirements, remain constant across problem instances. However, practical trajectory generation requires the scenario to be frequently reconfigured, making the single-scenario approach a potentially impractical solution. To address this challenge, we present a novel trajectory generation framework that generalizes across diverse problem configurations, by leveraging high-capacity transformer neural networks capable of learning from multimodal data sources. Specifically, our approach integrates transformer-based neural network models into the trajectory optimization process, encoding both scene-level information (e.g., obstacle locations, initial and goal states) and trajectory-level constraints (e.g., time bounds, fuel consumption targets) via multimodal representations. The transformer network then generates near-optimal initial guesses for non-convex optimization problems, significantly enhancing convergence speed and performance. The framework is validated through extensive simulations and real-world experiments on a free-flyer platform, achieving up to 30% cost improvement and 80% reduction in infeasible cases with respect to traditional approaches, and demonstrating robust generalization across diverse scenario variations. |
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| spellingShingle | Generalizable Spacecraft Trajectory Generation via Multimodal Learning with Transformers Celestini, Davide Afsharrad, Amirhossein Gammelli, Daniele Guffanti, Tommaso Zardini, Gioele Lall, Sanjay Capello, Elisa D'Amico, Simone Pavone, Marco Robotics Artificial Intelligence Optimization and Control Effective trajectory generation is essential for reliable on-board spacecraft autonomy. Among other approaches, learning-based warm-starting represents an appealing paradigm for solving the trajectory generation problem, effectively combining the benefits of optimization- and data-driven methods. Current approaches for learning-based trajectory generation often focus on fixed, single-scenario environments, where key scene characteristics, such as obstacle positions or final-time requirements, remain constant across problem instances. However, practical trajectory generation requires the scenario to be frequently reconfigured, making the single-scenario approach a potentially impractical solution. To address this challenge, we present a novel trajectory generation framework that generalizes across diverse problem configurations, by leveraging high-capacity transformer neural networks capable of learning from multimodal data sources. Specifically, our approach integrates transformer-based neural network models into the trajectory optimization process, encoding both scene-level information (e.g., obstacle locations, initial and goal states) and trajectory-level constraints (e.g., time bounds, fuel consumption targets) via multimodal representations. The transformer network then generates near-optimal initial guesses for non-convex optimization problems, significantly enhancing convergence speed and performance. The framework is validated through extensive simulations and real-world experiments on a free-flyer platform, achieving up to 30% cost improvement and 80% reduction in infeasible cases with respect to traditional approaches, and demonstrating robust generalization across diverse scenario variations. |
| title | Generalizable Spacecraft Trajectory Generation via Multimodal Learning with Transformers |
| topic | Robotics Artificial Intelligence Optimization and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11723 |