This work reviews the main techniques to model dynamical systems with contact-impact
events. Regularized and non-smooth formulations are considered, wherein the fundamental …

Space is the driving force of the world's sustainable development, and ensuring the
sustainability of human activity in space is also necessary. Robotic arm active debris capture …

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 …

Abstract Space robotics has been used extensively in complex space missions. Rigid-
manipulator space robots may suffer from rigid-body collisions with targets. This collision is …

Hunt and Crossley proposed a general expression of the contact force in 1975. The
dissipative force term of the general expression has two exponents: the exponent of …

Recent efforts in on-orbit servicing, manufacturing, and debris removal have accentuated
some of the challenges related to close-proximity space manipulation. Orbital debris …

The success of space missions like capture-and-deorbit or capture-and-service relies on the
ability of the capturing satellite to establish a stable mechanical connection by its grip** …

With the increasing demand of human beings for space exploration, space robots show
great development potential. When gras** space objects with different sizes and shapes …

Capturing space targets by space robots is significant for on-orbit service and is a
challenging research topic nowadays. This paper focuses on the dynamics and control of …

Multibody dynamics methodologies have been fundamental tools utilized to model and
simulate robotic systems that experience contact conditions with the surrounding …