Experimental validation of the efficient robotic transportation algorithm for large-scale flexible space structures

A new large space structure transportation method proposed recently is modified and experimentally validated. The proposed method is to use space robots' manipulators to control the vibration, instead of their reaction jets. It requires less fuel than the reaction jet-based vibration control methods, and enables quick damping of the vibration. The key idea of this work is to use the decoupled controller, which controls the vibration mode and rigid body mode independently. The performance of the proposed method and the control algorithm is demonstrated and quantitatively evaluated by both simulation and experiments.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Ono, Masahiro, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Steven Dubowsky.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42199

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/42199