基于陆标图像的火星精确着陆自主导航方法研究

针对火星精确着陆自主导航高精度的要求,提出一种仅利用火星地表陆标图像信息的自主导航方法。该方法考虑了图像拍摄到图像测量信息可用之间的时间延迟,将成像时刻探测器位置和姿态作为系统状态,利用其与探测器当前状态之间的相关性,并通过迭代扩展卡尔曼滤波算法实现对探测器当前位置、速度和姿态的估计。在该导航方法下,重点研究了导航陆标位置误差对导航精度的影响。最后,通过数学仿真验证了所给出的自主导航方法,并分析了导航陆标位置误差对导航精度的影响。     

基于陆标图像的天体定点着陆信息融合导航方法

要安全准确着陆于地外天体指定地点,探测器在下降过程需实时精确确定其相对位置和速度.针对惯性导航结合斜距和相对速度测量的导航方式不能修正相对水平位置估计的缺点,以及多敏感器测量信息融合问题,提出基于陆标图像和协方差交叉算法的天体定点着陆自主导航方法.将光学成像敏感器加入到组合导航系统中,用于测量探测器相对陆标的视线方向以获得关键的相对水平位置信息.在状态估计时采用基于协方差交叉的分布式扩展卡尔曼滤波对多源测量信息作最优融合,提高算法的精度和鲁棒性.通过数学仿真验证了该方法的有效性.     

火星着陆自主导航方案研究进展

火星着陆导航技术是火星着陆过程的核心技术之一。围绕火星着陆环境特点与导航技术遇到的挑战,分析了目前火星着陆过程的导航能力和自主导航的发展趋势,并针对火星着陆过程的特殊性和导航需求,概述了火星着陆过程各阶段自主导航方案的研究现状与进展。进而从导航方案设计与配置、导航模型建立与仿真、导航方案性能分析等方面,对自主导航方案的最新研究进展进行了分析,并在火星着陆全过程自主导航方案综合仿真的基础上,获得了满足火星定点着陆要求的各阶段交接点应满足的导航精度。最后,基于目前技术现状和发展趋势,提出了构建"递进式三阶段"火星着陆自主导航方案的设想,可为未来火星着陆自主导航方案的设计与论证提供参考。     

基于改进多模型的火星大气进入自适应估计方法

针对火星进入过程中大气密度等不确定参数对导航系统状态估计精度的影响,提出了一种基于改进混合专家框架的多模型自适应估计方法。该方法对进入过程中不同的测量信息进行规范化处理,以克服传统多模型自适应估计方法稳定性差、数值下溢等固有缺陷,进一步提高状态估计精度。将其应用于火星不同进入探测方式下的导航场景进行仿真分析。仿真结果表明:该方法在动力学系统模型参数存在不确定扰动时能获得精确的状态估计,可以满足未来定点着陆探测对导航系统的精度需求。     

基于未知陆标图像测量的自主相对导航方法研究

针对未知环境下行星表面导航问题,提出一种利用未知陆标序列图像测量的行星表面相对导航方法。该方法以初始时刻星下点天南东系为着陆参考坐标系,利用行星表面未知陆标在连续3幅下降图像中的观测信息及探测器状态估计建立未知陆标的隐式测量模型,通过扩展卡尔曼滤波(Extended Kalman Filter,EKF)所建立的未知陆标隐式测量模型和基于惯性测量单元(Inertial Measurement Unit,IMU)测量建立的运动学模型对探测器的相对运动状态进行估计。以火星着陆为例进行数学仿真,仿真结果表明提出的方法可有效估计探测器相对行星表面的速度以及相对于着陆点的位置,能够满足行星安全着陆自主相对导航的要求。     

基于阻力跟踪的火星大气进入段非线性预测制导律设计

针对火星探测任务大气进入段的高精度着陆问题,提出一种基于阻力跟踪的非线性预测制导策略。基于火星探测器大气进入段的三维运动模型,综合考虑探测器气动参数摄动、火星大气密度摄动、外部扰动以及进入时刻状态初值不确定性,设计了基于优化思想的非线性预测制导律,并对所提出的制导方法进行仿真验证。仿真结果表明:非线性预测制导律在满足控制约束的条件下可以获得较高的着陆精度。     

一种小行星探测陆标导航方法

针对小行星探测下降着陆段精确相对导航问题，提出了一种基于Stereophotoclinometry (SPC)陆标的相对导航方法.该方法先采用SPC光照模型渲染陆标的预测图像，再利用双线性插值从观测图像中生成陆标的提取图像.通过组合相关匹配实现预测图像与提取图像的高精度匹配，得到陆标中心点对应观测图像位置，即可利用N点透视(PNP)算法进行相机位姿估计.仿真结果表明，该方法在初始相机位姿偏差较大时也能达到亚像素的图像位置确定精度，并且具有较好的实时性.     

火星进入段自主导航技术研究综述

火星大气进入过程的自主导航性能是影响火星着陆能力的重要因素之一.在此期间,导航方法的设计面临着可用敏感器少、环境气动等参数不确定大的困难.对火星进入过程中几种可用的自主导航方法的原理进行了阐述,探讨了其中的关键技术和研究现状,并对这些导航方法的优缺点进行了对比.针对当前进入段自主导航方式的不足,对如何提高火星进入段自主导航性能的手段进行了探讨.     

天问一号火星软着陆制导、导航与控制系统

天问一号火星探测器成功实现了我国首次火星表面软着陆，进入舱制导导航与控制系统(GNC系统)负责在火星进入下降着陆过程实施进入舱的姿态与轨道控制，确保进入舱安全着陆火星表面.介绍了执行天问一号火星EDL任务的GNC系统飞行阶段划分、系统组成、方案架构，以及针对火星EDL任务的特色设计，最后介绍了GNC系统在轨飞行结果.     

基于工程约束的火星着陆区选择

火星着陆区选择是火星着陆及巡视任务的重要工作之一,着陆区选择需要兼顾科学目标和工程约束,考虑高风险的任务特点,火星着陆任务的工程约束更为重要。工程约束涉及着陆区表面特征、任务轨道、大气等。表面特征包括地理高程、斜坡及地形起伏、岩石分布、尘土厚度、光照、热约束情况。这些因素将影响探测器进入、下降和着陆(EDL)过程的安全性和火星车移动能力。首先针对这些工程约束进行了排序与筛选;然后建立了基于模糊算法的分析模型,通过模糊推理得到各着陆区域的评价指标,从而进行着陆区选择;最后基于ExoMars2020任务的备选着陆区进行了方法验证。     

MCAV/IMU integrated navigation for the powered descent phase of Mars EDL

Pin-point landing is considered as a key technology for future manned Mars landing and Mars base missions. The traditional inertial navigation system (INS) based guidance, navigation and control (GNC) mode used in the Mars entry, descent and landing (EDL) phase has no ability to achieve the precise and safe Mars landing, so novel EDL GNC methodologies should be investigated to meet this goal. This paper proposes the MCAV/IMU integrated navigation scheme for the powered descent phase of Mars EDL. The Miniature Coherent Altimeter and Velocimeter (MCAV) is adopted to correct the inertial bias and drift and improve the performance of integrated navigation. Altitude and velocity information derived from MCAV and the lander’s state information sensed by inertial measurement unit (IMU) are integrated in extended Kalman filter algorithm. The validity of the proposed navigation scheme is confirmed by computer simulation.     

Radio beacons/IMU integrated navigation for Mars entry

High precision entry navigation capability is essential for future Mars pinpoint landing missions, together with the entry guidance and aerodynamic lift control. This paper addresses the issue of Mars entry navigation using inertial measurement unit (IMU) and orbiting or surface radiometric beacons. The range and Doppler information sensed from orbiting or surface radio beacons and the entry vehicle state information derived from IMU are integrated in Unscented Kalman filter to correct the inertial constant bias and suppress the navigation measurement noise. Computer simulations show that the integrated navigation algorithm proposed in this paper can achieve 50 m position error and 2 m/s velocity error, which satisfies the need of future pinpoint Mars landing missions.     

An innovative navigation scheme of powered descent phase for Mars pinpoint landing

Pinpoint landing (within 100 m from the target) is essential for future Mars exploration missions. This paper deals with one aspect of the pinpoint landing architecture—the navigation performance improvement during the powered descent phase, and proposes an innovative navigation scheme to obtain the vehicle complete and accurate states. On the basis of dead reckoning relying on the Inertial Measurement Unit, measurements of the Integrated Doppler Radar are adopted to correct the vehicle velocity and altitude. Distance between the vehicle and one Mars Orbiter as well as their line-of-sight relative velocity is measured by a radio sensor, and integrated in the filter to correct the vehicle horizontal position. The innovative navigation system is based on an Extend Kalman Filter. Two observation schemes are developed. One considers measurements of the Integrated Doppler Radar and radio range measurement. Another further considers radio velocity measurement. The performance of the innovative navigation scheme is greatly influenced by the position of the Mars Orbiter with respect to the target. Stochastic analyses are performed to obtain optimal locations of Mars Orbiter. Finally, the innovative navigation scheme performances are assessed through stochastic simulations. Its performance improvements are demonstrated by comparison with the Integrated Doppler Radar only navigation scheme.     

Deep reinforcement learning for six degree-of-freedom planetary landing

This work develops a deep reinforcement learning based approach for Six Degree-of-Freedom (DOF) planetary powered descent and landing. Future Mars missions will require advanced guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for the powered descent phase to target specific surface locations and achieve pinpoint accuracy (landing error ellipse <5 m radius). This requires both a navigation system capable of estimating the lander’s state in real-time and a guidance and control system that can map the estimated lander state to a commanded thrust for each lander engine. In this paper, we present a novel integrated guidance and control algorithm designed by applying the principles of reinforcement learning theory. The latter is used to learn a policy mapping the lander’s estimated state directly to a commanded thrust for each engine, resulting in accurate and almost fuel-optimal trajectories over a realistic deployment ellipse. Specifically, we use proximal policy optimization, a policy gradient method, to learn the policy. Another contribution of this paper is the use of different discount rates for terminal and shaping rewards, which significantly enhances optimization performance. We present simulation results demonstrating the guidance and control system’s performance in a 6-DOF simulation environment and demonstrate robustness to noise and system parameter uncertainty.     

Radio/FADS/IMU integrated navigation for Mars entry

Supposing future orbiting and landing collaborative exploration mission as the potential project background, this paper addresses the issue of Mars entry integrated navigation using radio beacon, flush air data sensing system (FADS), and inertial measurement unit (IMU). The range and Doppler information sensed from an orbiting radio beacon, the dynamic pressure and heating data sensed from flush air data sensing system, and acceleration and attitude angular rate outputs from an inertial measurement unit are integrated in an unscented Kalman filter to perform state estimation and suppress the system and measurement noise. Computer simulations show that the proposed integrated navigation scheme can enhance the navigation accuracy, which enables precise entry guidance for the given Mars orbiting and landing collaborative exploration mission.     

地标自主导航的高精度地标库建立方法

利用地标信息的卫星自主导航方法是通过星载光学摄像机实时拍摄地标景象来计算卫星的位置、速度等参数,具有完全自主的特点,并且适用范围广泛,可用于能够周期性获得地面图像的航天器,但受到地标选取方法以及地标库建立策略的制约,影响到导航精度,阻碍了推广使用。针对上述问题,提出了建立全局及高性能的地标库,即采用全球地标控制点选取的原则选取性能优良的全球地标样本,并自动生成全局地标库。通过计算机仿真验证了该方法的有效性,结果表明,使用全球地标控制点选取地标样本,并自动生成全局地标库,可以快速而准确地为航天器进行高精度的自主导航,导航位置误差约为99 m,速度误差约为0.08 m/s。