LabCompass

Jose Benavides

Engineering · Indiana University

OpenAlex
Space Exploration and TechnologyPlanetary Science and ExplorationSpace Satellite Systems and ControlSpaceflight effects on biologyComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

Publications

40

Citations

309

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Jose Benavides works on free-flying robots designed to operate inside spacecraft, most notably NASA's Astrobee and SPHERES systems used aboard the International Space Station. This research covers the design, testing, and operation of these autonomous robots, including navigation, human-robot interaction, and how operators manage the systems. Some listed publications also touch on other areas such as carbon capture and storage and source-rock analysis.

Free-flying robots on the ISS (Astrobee/SPHERES)Space robot navigationHuman-robot interaction and operator workloadSpace exploration technologySatellite systems and control

Publication activity was steady in the late 2010s, paused around 2020-2022, and has picked back up in recent years, giving an overall irregular but currently active pattern.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 5 publications5182019: 3 publications192021222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)×7
  • NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)×6
  • Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures×2
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters×1
  • IEEE transactions on field robotics.×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile