Abstract: The tethered space robot (TSR) plays a significant role in the noncooperative capture. Compared with traditional space robots and tethered satellite systems, the flexible tether and complex end-bodies bring great challenges ...

Abstract: Tethered towing is viewed as a promising debris removal method, with collision avoidance with debris posing the key challenge. A novel orbit transfer scheme, incorporating spin-up maneuver, rotating flight, and momentum ...

Abstract: Towing spinning debris in space is subjected to the risk of twist, increasing the likelihood of collision. To reduce the twist potential, a twist suppression method is proposed for the viscoelastic tether in this paper. ...

Abstract: When a service spacecraft docks successfully with its target spacecraft and forms a docked spacecraft, it will cause a large shift in the dynamics of the docked spacecraft. Not only do the mass properties change, but so ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a visual perception system for a tethered space robot’s (TSR) automatic rendezvous from 100 to 0.15 m. The core problem, tracking the entire contour of noncooperative moving targets in real time, is ...