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  • Control Systems

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  • High contact forces during space manipulator capture reduce task efficiency and safety.
  • Existing methods struggle to manage dynamic coupling and impact energy effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a PD-impedance combined control algorithm for compliant contact during spacecraft capture.
  • To enhance the safety and efficiency of robotic capture missions.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a spring-damper system at the end-effector to absorb impact energy.
  • Established a dynamics model using Lagrange's equation.
  • Developed a PD-impedance control algorithm focusing on steady-state force tracking error.

Main Results:

  • Achieved compliant contact between chaser and target spacecraft, considering system dynamic coupling.
  • Derived general equations for the manipulator end-effector's reference trajectory.
  • Validated the strategy via co-simulation (MSC Adams/MATLAB Simulink).

Conclusions:

  • The proposed strategy effectively decelerates and detumbles the target spacecraft.
  • Contact force, relative velocity, and angular velocity gradually decrease to zero.
  • A stable final state is maintained for a specified duration, ensuring successful capture.