In the first part, this article presents an overview of Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
methodologies developed for space manipulators to perform in-orbit robotic missions …

With the rapid development of space technology and the increasing demand for space
missions, the traditional spacecraft manufacturing, deployment and launch methods have …

Visual perception and modelling are essential tasks in many vision-dependent robotic tasks.
This work presents a robotic vision system to perform fruit recognition, modelling, and …

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 …

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 …

This paper focuses on the problem that the current path planning algorithm is not mature
enough to achieve the expected goal in a complex dynamic environment. In light of the ant …

Abstract Space debris is growing dramatically with the rapid pace of human exploration of
space, which seriously threatens the safety of artificial spacecraft in orbit. Therefore, the …

Reinforcement learning methods as a promising technique have achieved superior results
in the motion planning of free-floating space robots. However, due to the increase in …

Dynamic coupling is an inherent behavior of the space robot system, which seriously affects
the motion accuracy of the system. This article focuses on how to guarantee the base …

During the on-orbit capture task of the free-floating space robot, its operating space
degenerates. The dynamic coupling and dynamic singularity also affect the task operation …