An Edge-Based Architecture for Interstellar Environments
Presented in affiliation with 100YSS ↗ at
The 77th International Astronautical Congress ·
Antalya, Türkiye · 5 – 9 October 2026
- Conference
- IAC 2026 ↗
- Date & Time
- 8 October 2026 · 10:15 AM
- Order of Presentation
- 12
- Location
- Room Hall 24
- Session
- Symposium D4, Session 4 — Interstellar Exploration
- Paper ID
- IAC-26,D4,4,12,x117227
02 · Abstract
The Mission
Future interstellar probes will face communication delays measured not in minutes, but in years.
While traveling at relativistic speeds of up to 3000 km/sec in the deep black, a vehicle's onboard perception stack is bound to degrade. Sensors will drift. Radiation triggers silent faults. Onboard model distribution could become confused when encountering the unmapped interstellar medium. Even when no ground truth is present, the vehicle must remain honest about its own uncertainty and it needs a way to know exactly when it is out of its depth.
We built a heuristic edge architecture to answer a critical question: What happens when AI goes blind yet the autonomous system needs to survive and remain cognitively sound? Join the Interstellar session in Antalya to learn more.
03 · Dual-use
Terrestrial Spinoffs: Solving Earth's Extreme Edge
From deep sea to disaster response.
04 · Q&A
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