Review of on-orbit robotic arm active debris capture removal methods

W Zhang, F Li, J Li, Q Cheng - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Robust control of a space robot based on an optimized adaptive variable structure control method

L Shi, H Yao, M Shan, Q Gao, X ** - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Space robot has been playing an increasingly important role in on-orbit service
missions. Dynamic coupling exists between the space robot arm and the floating base, and …

ET-class: An energy transfer-based classification of space debris removal methods and missions

BC Yalçın, C Martinez, M Hubert Delisle… - Frontiers in Space …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Space debris is positioned as a fatal problem for current and future space missions. Many
effective space debris removal methods have been proposed in the past decade, and …

Hybrid-compliant system for soft capture of uncooperative space debris

M Hubert Delisle, OO Christidi-Loumpasefski… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The proposed hybrid-compliant concept is meant to be part of a space
debris capture system. Abstract Active debris removal (ADR) is positioned by space …

[HTML][HTML] Robust control of a dual-arm space robot to capture a non-cooperative target in 3D space

X Wang, J Katupitiya - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-cooperative objects in space, like defunct spinning satellites, are potentially dangerous
to subsequent space missions. Thus, this paper proposes a new capture strategy by a dual …

Image-based attitude determination of co-orbiting satellites using deep learning technologies

B Guthrie, M Kim, H Urrutxua, J Hare - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Active debris removal missions pose demanding guidance, navigation and control
requirements. We present a novel approach which adopts deep learning technologies to the …

Intelligent Neural Integral Sliding-mode Controller for a space robotic manipulator mounted on a free-floating satellite

JE Lavín-Delgado, S Chávez-Vázquez… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a fractional neural integral sliding-mode controller based on the Caputo-
Fabrizio derivative and Riemann–Liouville integral for a robot manipulator mounted on a …

Robust control of a dual-arm space robot for in-orbit screw-driving operation

X Wang, L Shi, J Katupitiya - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
As large-scale spacecraft like Hubble Space Telescope need in-orbit assembly, there is an
increasing need for the in-orbit assembly automatically carried out by space robots. This …

Compliance resistance collision control for operating a space robot to capture a non-cooperative spacecraft

R Wang, X Liu, R Ji, G Cai, F Xu - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Collision between the grasper and the target is unavoidable in robotic-arm-based non-
cooperative spacecraft capture missions, potentially leading to various adverse effects. For …

On the starting point in designing Kresling origami

SM Alipour, J Arghavani - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Kresling is one of the most well-known and widely-used origami patterns. Its outstanding
features, such as deployability, bistability, and coupled extensional-rotational motion, have …