Abstract
A free-flying space robot with a 6 DOF manipulator cannot follow an arbitrary trajectory in the 9D generalized coordinates (3 of the satellite orientation and 6 of the manipulator) with only manipulator joint control, through it was shown to be commonly controllable in the literature. In this paper, we propose a method to approximate the desired 9D path by introducing a perturbation around it. We call the approximated trajectory the 'spiral motion.' A computational scheme for planning the spiral motion is presented, and is followed by computer simulation that illustrates the effectiveness of the scheme.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 718-725 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 13th IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Part 1 (of 4) - Minneapolis, MN, USA Duration: 1996 Apr 22 → 1996 Apr 28 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Systems Engineering