Alessia Nocerino
University of Naples Federico II, Ingegneria dei Trasporti (Italy)
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About
Alessia Nocerino is an emerging researcher specializing in space robotics, autonomous navigation, and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems, with a particular focus on the growing fields of On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Active Debris Removal (ADR). Her work addresses one of the most technically demanding challenges in modern space engineering: enabling autonomous spacecraft to precisely locate, approach, and capture other objects in orbit. Her most cited contribution, "Monocular-Based Pose Estimation Based on Fiducial Markers for Space Robotic Capture Operations in GEO" (2022, 21 citations), demonstrates her expertise in vision-based relative navigation using cost-effective monocular camera systems — a critical capability for future servicing missions. Complementing this, her 2024 work on combined satellite and robotic arm control advances the development of fully integrated GNC architectures for autonomous chaser platforms equipped with redundant manipulators. Her more recent exploration of LiDAR-based pose estimation for non-cooperative spacecraft broadens her methodological repertoire beyond cooperative targets, tackling the harder problem of debris with no active markers. With a research portfolio spanning sensor fusion, computer vision, and spacecraft control, Nocerino is establishing herself as a promising voice in the international space robotics community.
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