任务空间内空间机器人鲁棒智能控制器设计

研究了基于神经网络的自由漂浮空间机器人在任务空间内的轨迹跟踪问题。首先利用RBF神经网络来逼近自由漂浮空间机器人高度非线性的动力学模型，然后设计了鲁棒控制器对逼近误差和外部干扰进行抑制。利用Lyapunov直接方法建立的新的神经网络参数和连接权值的在线学习算法，以及利用耗散理论设计的鲁棒控制器保证了系统的稳定性，并能够使系统L2增益小于给定的指标。利用该控制器对平面二连杆空间机器人进行了仿真研究，表明该智能控制方案是有效的。     

动力学奇点在漂浮基双臂空间机器人姿态无扰运动规划中的应用

讨论了载体位置、姿态均不受控制的双臂自由浮动空间机器人的无扰运动规划问题．结合系统的动量及动量矩守恒关系，证明了动力学奇点的存在，并导出了动力学奇点的数学解析求解公式．在此基础上，利用动力学奇点给出了双臂自由浮动空间机器人载体姿态无扰运动路径的规划设计方法．该方法有助于空间环境下遥控机械手辅助航天器对接等任务操作的运动规划。     

微纳聚合体卫星的对称式重构规划算法

为解决微纳聚合体卫星变构过程中，聚合体各部分之间的动力学耦合导致的卫星整体姿态翻转或紊乱，提出了一种对称式变构规划算法。首先建立了铰链约束下的漂浮基多刚体系统动力学模型，研究了重构过程中各运动模块对本体姿态的影响，提出当每两个运动模块位置与转动方向满足对称性条件时，两者对本体姿态的影响可在一定程度上相互抵消。基于上述理论，在A*算法中引入最优分配度量和对称性判定，设计了并行对称重构规划算法。仿真结果表明，该规划算法可实现重构过程中多模块并行、对称运动，重构过程总步数较少，运动模块对本体姿态的影响小。     

Downsizing an orbital space robot: A dynamic system based evaluation

Small space robots have the potential to revolutionise space exploration by facilitating the on-orbit assembly of infrastructure, in shorter time scales, at reduced costs. Their commercial appeal will be further improved if such a system is also capable of performing on-orbit servicing missions, in line with the current drive to limit space debris and prolong the lifetime of satellites already in orbit. Whilst there have been a limited number of successful demonstrations of technologies capable of these on-orbit operations, the systems remain large and bespoke. The recent surge in small satellite technologies is changing the economics of space and in the near future, downsizing a space robot might become be a viable option with a host of benefits. This industry wide shift means some of the technologies for use with a downsized space robot, such as power and communication subsystems, now exist. However, there are still dynamic and control issues that need to be overcome before a downsized space robot can be capable of undertaking useful missions. This paper first outlines these issues, before analyzing the effect of downsizing a system on its operational capability. Therefore presenting the smallest controllable system such that the benefits of a small space robot can be achieved with current technologies. The sizing of the base spacecraft and manipulator are addressed here. The design presented consists of a 3 link, 6 degrees of freedom robotic manipulator mounted on a 12U form factor satellite. The feasibility of this 12U space robot was evaluated in simulation and the in-depth results presented here support the hypothesis that a small space robot is a viable solution for in-orbit operations.     

面向非合作目标抓捕的机械臂轨迹规划方法

文章针对非合作目标抓捕问题设计了基于误差反馈系数的机械臂轨迹规划算法.考虑到空间机械臂在轨服务要求,采用反作用零空间方法来规划机械臂运动轨迹以实现机械臂与航天器之间的协调运动.为避免在规划起始阶段位姿误差较大可能导致机械臂关节速度过大的问题,引入了位姿误差反馈系数.为对空间机械臂抓捕非合作目标的轨迹规划技术进行验证,搭建了地面半物理仿真系统.试验结果表明,通过合理选择位姿误差反馈系数,设计的轨迹规划算法能够使固定基座机械臂末端执行器以较为均匀的速度逼近非合作目标,并能以较高精度实现对非合作目标的抓捕.该试验可以为空间机械臂抓捕非合作目标的轨迹规划提供参考.     

空间机械臂位形与基座姿态协同控制研究

针对自由飘浮空间机械臂与基座的运动耦合问题,提出了一种基于不变流形的机械臂位形与基座姿态协同控制算法。在分析了系统可控性的基础上,构造了线性状态反馈下系统的不变流形,并设计了分段连续的镇定控制器。该控制器先将系统状态镇定到不变流形之上,然后沿该流形将系统状态调整到期望值。仿真结果表明,在系统可控的条件下,所提出的协同控制算法能将机械臂位形与基座姿态同时调整到期望状态。     

基于多项式插值的自由漂浮空间机器人轨迹规划粒子群优化算法

针对自由漂浮空间机器人轨迹规划问题,提出一种基于多项式插值与粒子群优化算法相结合的非完整运动规划方法。首先,通过对系统非完整约束条件进行分析,给出了以机械臂关节角耗散能为目标函数的轨迹最优控制算法;并采用高阶多项式插值方法逼近机械臂关节角轨迹,将插值多项式的系数作为优化参数,结合粒子群优化算法对关节角轨迹进行优化求解。最后,对本文提出的轨迹规划算法进行数值仿真。仿真结果表明关节角轨迹平滑连续,保证了关节角速度及关节角加速度在初始和终止状态均为零,从而验证了所提方法的有效性和可行性。     

双臂空间机器人关节运动的一种增广自适应控制方法

讨论了载体位置、姿态均不受控制情况下,具有未知参数的自由漂浮双臂空间机器人系统的自适应控制问题.由于此类机器人系统具有结合系统动量及动量矩守恒关系得到完全能控形式的系统动力学方程,以及系统惯性参数不符合惯常的线性函数关系的特点,因而地面机器人的控制方法在此难以直接推广应用.为了克服上述难点,仅将系统动量守恒关系耦合到系统动力学方程当中,而不耦合系统动量矩守恒关系,结果得到一组欠驱动形式的系统动力学方程.该系统动力学方程的优点是关于一组组合惯性参数能保持惯常的线性函数关系.以此为基础,并借助增广变量法,针对双臂空间机器人末端爪手所持载荷参数未知的情况,设计了关节空间轨迹跟踪的自适应控制方案.该控制方案的显著优点为,不需要测量、反馈双臂空间机器人漂浮基的位置、移动速度和移动加速度.系统的数值仿真,证实了方法的有效性.      

Detumbling strategy based on friction control of dual-arm space robot for capturing tumbling target

The rotational motion of a tumbling target brings great challenges to space robot on successfully capturing the tumbling target. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the target’s rotation to a rate at which capture can be accomplished by the space robot. In this paper, a detumbling strategy based on friction control of dual-arm space robot for capturing tumbling target is proposed. This strategy can reduce the target’s rotational velocity while maintaining base attitude stability through the establishment of the rotation attenuation controller and base attitude adjustment controller. The rotation attenuation controller adopts the multi-space hybrid impedance control method to control the friction precisely. The base attitude adjustment controller applies the dual-arm extended Jacobian matrix to stabilize the base attitude. The main contributions of this paper are as follows: (1) The compliant control method is adopted to achieve a precise friction control, which can reduce the target angular velocity steadily; (2) The dual-arm extended Jacobian matrix is applied to stabilize the base attitude without affecting the target capture task; (3) The detumbling strategy of dual-arm space robot is designed considering base attitude stabilization, realizing coordinated planning of the base attitude and the arms. The strategy is verified by a dual-arm space robot with two 7-DOF (degrees of freedom) arms. Simulation results show that, target with a rotation velocity of 20 (°)/s can be effectively controlled to stop within 30 s, and the final deflection of the base attitude is less than 0.15° without affecting the target capture task, verifying the correctness and effectiveness of the strategy. Except to the tumbling target capture task, the control strategy can also be applied to other typical on-orbit operation tasks such as space debris removal and spacecraft maintenance.     

Motion prediction of a non-cooperative space target

Capturing a non-cooperative space target is a tremendously challenging research topic. Effective acquisition of motion information of the space target is the premise to realize target capture. In this paper, motion prediction of a free-floating non-cooperative target in space is studied and a motion prediction algorithm is proposed. In order to predict the motion of the free-floating non-cooperative target, dynamic parameters of the target must be firstly identified (estimated), such as inertia, angular momentum and kinetic energy and so on; then the predicted motion of the target can be acquired by substituting these identified parameters into the Euler’s equations of the target. Accurate prediction needs precise identification. This paper presents an effective method to identify these dynamic parameters of a free-floating non-cooperative target. This method is based on two steps, (1) the rough estimation of the parameters is computed using the motion observation data to the target, and (2) the best estimation of the parameters is found by an optimization method. In the optimization problem, the objective function is based on the difference between the observed and the predicted motion, and the interior-point method (IPM) is chosen as the optimization algorithm, which starts at the rough estimate obtained in the first step and finds a global minimum to the objective function with the guidance of objective function’s gradient. So the speed of IPM searching for the global minimum is fast, and an accurate identification can be obtained in time. The numerical results show that the proposed motion prediction algorithm is able to predict the motion of the target.