Sebastian Kasperski

German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

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Sebastian Kasperski is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous multirobot systems for space exploration, with a particular focus on lunar missions. His work centers on developing coordinated planning and execution architectures that enable teams of heterogeneous robots to operate effectively in unknown environments. Kasperski’s major contributions include the IMPERA project, which demonstrated a multirobot system for lunar sample collection, and feasibility studies for robotic exploration of lunar skylight cavities—potentially offering access to subsurface lava tubes. His most-cited paper (45 citations) presents the IMPERA architecture’s implementation and verification, while his research on cooperative exploration strategies (7 citations) provides comparative analyses of state-of-the-art approaches for optimizing multirobot missions. Kasperski has also developed autonomous mobile manipulators for sample container collection (4 citations), showcasing practical hardware integration. His work bridges theoretical planning algorithms with real-world robotic systems, addressing key challenges in space robotics such as autonomous navigation, coordination, and manipulation under uncertainty. By advancing semi-autonomous exploration capabilities for extreme environments, Kasperski’s research contributes directly to future planetary science missions and in-situ resource utilization efforts.