On-orbit service (OOS) of spacecraft: A review of engineering developments

WJ Li, DY Cheng, XG Liu, YB Wang, WH Shi… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of the OOS of spacecraft can be traced back to the 1960s, when the main focus
was on providing the necessary maintenance to advance the lifetime of spacecraft and …

On the guidance, navigation and control of in-orbit space robotic missions: A survey and prospective vision

BM Moghaddam, R Chhabra - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
In the first part, this article presents an overview of Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
methodologies developed for space manipulators to perform in-orbit robotic missions …

[HTML][HTML] Review of in-space assembly technologies

XUE Zhihui, LIU Jinguo, WU Chenchen… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of space technology and the increasing demand for space
missions, the traditional spacecraft manufacturing, deployment and launch methods have …

A review on IoT deep learning UAV systems for autonomous obstacle detection and collision avoidance

P Fraga-Lamas, L Ramos, V Mondéjar-Guerra… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, offer unprecedented
opportunities to boost a wide array of large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) applications …

Aggregate effects of proliferating low-Earth-orbit objects and implications for astronomical data lost in the noise

JC Barentine, A Venkatesan, J Heim, J Lowenthal… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The rising population of artificial satellites and associated debris in low-altitude orbits is
increasing the overall brightness of the night sky, threatening ground-based astronomy as …

Optimal collision-free path planning of a free-floating space robot using spline-based trajectories

T Rybus, M Wojtunik, FL Basmadji - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant number of the planned on-orbit servicing and active debris removal missions
will be performed by a spacecraft equipped with a robotic arm. In this paper we propose a …

Advances in space robots for on‐orbit servicing: A comprehensive review

B Ma, Z Jiang, Y Liu, Z Xie - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Space robots play a significant role in on‐orbit servicing (OOS) missions, such as inspecting,
capturing, refueling, and repairing satellites, assembling and maintaining large space …

[HTML][HTML] 空间机械臂操控技术研究综述

薛智慧, 刘金国 - 机器人, 2022 - html.rhhz.net
考虑到空间机械臂在执行在轨维修, 在轨组装, 在轨加注等复杂危险的空间任务时, 其精准,
灵巧的操控技术的重要性, 从不同类型空间机械臂构形, 末端执行器出发, 分析了空间机械臂的 …

Ground-based investigation of a directional, flexible, and wireless concentrated solar energy transmission system

JX Wang, M Zhong, Z Wu, M Guo, X Liang, B Qi - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy in space is more intensive and continuous compared to that on the Earth, and
thus, is encouraged by governments across the world to be utilized for human beings. The …

A state-of-the-art analysis of obstacle avoidance methods from the perspective of an agricultural sprayer UAV's operation scenario

S Ahmed, B Qiu, F Ahmad, CW Kong, H Xin - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have been
broadly utilized in various agricultural fields, such as crop management, crop monitoring …