Load control is one of the most important technologies for capturing and berthing free flying satellites by a space robot arm because free flying satellites have different motion rates. The performance of active compliance control techniques depend on the location of the force sensor and the arm's structural compliance. A compliance control technique for the robot arm's structural elasticity and a consideration for an end-effector appropriate for it are presented in this paper.
Robot ARM System for Automatic Satellite Capture and Berthing
1994
4 pages
Report
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English
Astronautics , Computers, Control & Information Theory , Automatic control , Control systems design , End effectors , Robot arms , Satellite control , Spacecraft recovery , Aerodynamic loads , Elastic properties , Motion simulation , Performance tests , Test stands , Transient response , Foreign technology