[en] CORTO stands for Celestial Object Rendering TOol and is an open-source Python repository designed to address the limited availability of high-quality image-label pairs for space exploration. Leveraging Blender’s capabilities, CORTO enables the synthetic generation of large, annotated datasets to support computer vision tasks, providing a flexible and modular solution that simplifies the creation of training data for data-driven algorithms and testing of traditional image processing methods. The tool is especially relevant for optical navigation tasks that require complex interdisciplinary pipelines. The paper highlights the tool’s architecture and demonstrates its application in various scenarios, including missions to small bodies, the Moon, other planetary bodies, and around uncooperative man-made objects. With its modularity, CORTO supports external contributions and future enhancements to expand its coverage to additional scenarios.
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Pugliatti, Mattia; University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
PISANTI, Dario ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > Space Robotics ; Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples, Italy
Faraco, Niccolò; Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Pizzetti, Andrea; Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Maestrini, Michele; Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Topputo, Francesco; Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Design and cases studies of CORTO, an open access rendering tool for celestial and artificial bodies
Publication date :
2024
Event name :
IAF Space Exploration Symposium
Event place :
Milan, Ita
Event date :
14-10-2024, 18-10-2024
By request :
Yes
Main work title :
IAF Human Spaceflight Symposium - Held at the 75th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2024
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