Robotic manipulation and capture in space: A survey

E Papadopoulos, F Aghili, O Ma… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Space exploration and exploitation depend on the development of on-orbit robotic
capabilities for tasks such as servicing of satellites, removing of orbital debris, or …

Commercial lunar propellant architecture: A collaborative study of lunar propellant production

D Kornuta, A Abbud-Madrid, J Atkinson, J Barr… - Reach, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Aside 2 from Earth, the inner solar system is like a vast desert where water and other
volatiles are scarce. An old saying is,“In the desert, gold is useless and water is priceless.” …

Performance study of yolov5 and faster r-cnn for autonomous navigation around non-cooperative targets

T Mahendrakar, A Ekblad, N Fischer… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous navigation and path-planning around non-cooperative space objects is an
enabling technology for on-orbit servicing and space debris removal systems. The …

Effective capture of nongraspable objects for space robots using geometric cage pairs

X Zhang, J Liu, J Feng, Y Liu… - IEEE/ASME transactions on …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Capture and removal of space debris are challenging in robotic on-orbit servicing activities.
A large portion of space debris does not possess any graspable features, which makes the …

Adaptive robust decoupling control of multi-arm space robots using time-delay estimation technique

X Zhang, J Liu, Q Gao, Z Ju - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020‏ - Springer
The most distinctive difference between a space robot and a base-fixed robot is its free-
flying/floating base, which results in the dynamic coupling effect. The mounted manipulator …

Historical survey of kinematic and dynamic spacecraft simulators for laboratory experimentation of on-orbit proximity maneuvers

M Wilde, C Clark, M Romano - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation and test has been an essential part in the development of
spacecraft formation flight, rendezvous, capture/docking, and spacecraft robotics systems …

[PDF][PDF] Real-time satellite component recognition with YOLO-V5

T Mahendrakar, RT White, M Wilde… - Small Satellite …, 2021‏ - digitalcommons.usu.edu
With the increasing risk of collisions with space debris and the growing interest in on-orbit
servicing, the ability to autonomously capture non-cooperative, tumbling target objects …

Robotic manipulators for in-orbit servicing and active debris removal: Review and comparison

T Rybus - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Due to the growing threat from space debris and the accelerating increase in the number of
active satellites, Active Debris Removal (ADR) and In-Orbit Servicing (IOS) missions are …

Equations of motion of free-floating spacecraft-manipulator systems: an engineer's tutorial

M Wilde, S Kwok Choon, A Grompone… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
The paper provides a step-by-step tutorial on the Generalized Jacobian Matrix (GJM)
approach for modeling and simulation of spacecraft-manipulator systems. The General …

Optimal condition-based maintenance via a mobile maintenance resource

S Sanoubar, B de Jonge, LM Maillart… - Transportation …, 2023‏ - pubsonline.informs.org
We consider the problem of performing condition-based maintenance on a set of
geographically distributed assets via a single maintenance resource that travels between …