Abstract Space debris is considered as a serious problem for operational space missions.
Many enabling space debris capturing and removal methods have been proposed in the …

Ever since the space tether was first proposed by Tsiolkovsky, it has been extensively
utilized in space missions, for attitude stabilization, momentum exchange, and space …

This paper introduces a guidance strategy for spacecraft proximity operations, which
leverages deep reinforcement learning, a branch of artificial intelligence. This technique …

A tethered-net is a promising method for space debris capturing. However, its deployment
dynamics is complex because of the flexibility, and its dependency of the deployment …

In this paper, we systematically introduce a novel geostationary orbit (GEO) space debris
removal system called dexterous tethered space robot (DTSR). The DTSR has three notable …

This paper focuses on the problem of vision-based leader-follower formation control of
mobile robots. The proposed adaptive controller only requires the image information from an …

In this paper, an image-based visual servoing control law is proposed for a quadrotor
unmanned aerial vehicle using an on-board monocular camera and an inertial …

Target capturing is an essential and key mission for tethered space robot (TSR) in future on-
orbit servicing, and it is quite meaningful to investigate the stabilization method for TSR …

In this paper, a novel fractional-order fuzzy sliding mode control strategy is developed to
realize the deployment of the tethered satellite system (TSS) with input saturation. The …

The issue of space debris capture and removal has become extremely urgent, due to the
huge amounts of passive (or active) space debris along operational orbits. As a promising …