On-the-ground experiments of autonomous spacecraft proximity-navigation using computer vision and jet actuators
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Romano, Marcello
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2005-07
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24-28 July 2005
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This paper presents the current status of the research effort on autonomous proximity-navigation and spacecraft docking, which is on-going at the Spacecraft Servicing and Robotics Laboratory of the Naval Postgraduate School. An experimental test-bed has been designed and is in the advance integration phase, which can be used for validating analytical and numerical results regarding dynamic models and control laws. The test-bed consists of two spacecraft models floating via air-pads on a flat surface to simulate in two dimensions the weightlessness of the orbital flight. A custom-developed vision navigation sensor is used to determine the relative position and orientation of the two spacecraft. This paper presents an overall description of the test-bed and reports the preliminary experimental results of autonomous navigation of the chaser-spacecraft model in the proximity of the target spacecraft
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The article of record may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2005.1511142
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings, 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings, 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
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Dept. of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.