Fleet-To-Lab: A Transfer Learning Framework For Lunar Rover Slippage Estimation Via Model Fusion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17187v1
• Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:45:13 GMT
• Title: Fleet-To-Lab: A Transfer Learning Framework For Lunar Rover Slippage Estimation Via Model Fusion
• Abstract summary: Fleet-to-Lab is a transfer learning framework to mitigate the Earth-Moon domain gap in slip estimation for a future deployable unit.<n>We propose AcoMerge, a new hybrid swarm-intelligence algorithm that performs model fusion by searching for an optimal combi- nation of expert parameters.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Accurate wheel slip estimation is essential for autonomous lunar rover mobility and navigation. Machine Learning models trained on terrestrial data generalize poorly to lunar terrain, and real lunar datasets are scarce due to the limited number of missions and costly data acquisition. We present Fleet-to-Lab, a transfer learning framework that leverages proprioceptive data collected by previously deployed heterogeneous lunar rovers to mitigate the Earth-Moon domain gap in slip estimation for a future deployable unit. We fuse several heterogeneous expert models into a single architecture, using a modest dataset collected after the rover deployment. We propose AcoMerge, a new hybrid swarm-intelligence algorithm that performs model fusion by searching for an optimal combi- nation of expert parameters. Experiments conducted in a high- fidelity physics simulation show balanced accuracy and macro- F1 improvements compared to deep model fusion baselines. AcoMerge exhibits competitive performance with joint training on deep architectures, while achieving higher macro-F1 and balanced accuracy on a smaller model. Overall, our framework shows model fusion as a possible transfer learning alternative for slippage estimation in space robotic missions with limited data.

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