Distributed optimal control allocation for 6-dof spacecraft with redundant thrusters

X Lang, A de Ruiter - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Control allocation for 6-dof spacecraft maneuvers is considered. Retired spacecraft, whose
own control system is inoperable, can be reused by installing multiple cellular thruster …

Stability control of adsorption robot considering external disturbance and parameter uncertainty using RMPC

C Wang, D Song, C Li, Q Jiang… - Measurement and …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper mainly studies the stability of a sea cucumber adsorption robot (SCAR) under
external disturbances and parameter uncertainty. As a fishing robot with a suction effect, a …

Double-boundary interval fault-tolerant control for a multi-vector propulsion ROV with thruster failure

L Zhou, C Wang, L Li, C Zhang, D Song… - Industrial Robot: the …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose A novel fault-tolerant control (FTC) method is proposed to assure the stability of the
remote-operated vehicle (ROV) by considering the thruster failure-induced model …

Optimized thruster distribution matrix for precision 6DOF control utilizing dual quaternions dynamics

A Smith, D Seo - 2018 Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
As spacecraft require higher positional accuracy from the attitude control systems, new
developments will be necessary. To account for this increase, most spacecraft utilize an over …

[PDF][PDF] Development and Validation of an Efficient Thruster-Based Control Strategy for Orbital Robots

F Schmucker - 2020 - elib.dlr.de
In this work it will be shown how the different aspects of the thrusters used in space robots
for On-Orbit Servicing can be separately investigated. Not only a closed loop observation of …

Development of Techniques Enabling Suborbital Small Object Capture Around Low Gravity Asteroids

L Vance, J Thangavelautham - arxiv preprint arxiv:2012.10329, 2020 - arxiv.org
The exploration of small body asteroids provides direct access to the primitive building
blocks of our solar system. Sample and return missions enable chemical and radioisotope …

Optimized Thruster Allocation Utilizing Dual Quaternions for the Asteroid Sample Return Mission (OSIRIS-REx)

A Smith - 2017 - commons.erau.edu
As spacecraft require higher positional accuracy from the attitude control systems, new
algorithm developments, along with sensor and actuator resolution and range improvements …