Singularity escape/avoidance steering logic for control moment gyro systems

B Wie - Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics, 2005 - arc.aiaa.org
A singularity-robust control moment gyro (CMG) steering logic, developed previously, is a
simple yet effective way of passing through, and also escaping from, any internal …

Singularity analysis and visualization for single-gimbal control moment gyro systems

B Wie - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2004 - arc.aiaa.org
The singularity problem inherent in redundant single-gimbal control moment gyro (CMG)
systems is examined. It is intended to provide a comprehensive mathematical treatment of …

Developments of attitude determination and control system of microsats: A survey

L He, W Ma, P Guo, T Sheng - … Part I: Journal of Systems and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study surveys the developments in satellite attitude determination and control system,
especially for microsats. This survey is not intended to be complete but is limited to the most …

A novel 4-DOF hybrid magnetic bearing for DGMSCMG

J Sun, Z Ju, C Peng, Y Le, H Ren - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel structure of four degrees of freedom (4-DOF) hybrid magnetic bearing
is proposed for double gimbal magnetically suspended control momentum gyro …

[HTML][HTML] The One-Wheel Cubli: A 3D inverted pendulum that can balance with a single reaction wheel

M Hofer, M Muehlebach, R D'Andrea - Mechatronics, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents a novel 3D inverted pendulum that can balance on one of its corners
using only a single reaction wheel. This is achieved by a careful design of the mass moment …

Control strategies for marine gyrostabilizers

NC Townsend, RA Shenoi - IEEE Journal of Oceanic …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper examines various control strategies for a marine gyrostabilizer system, including
passive and derivative-based control methods and proposes two new marine gyrostabilizer …

Dynamic Targeting of Satellite Observations Incorporating Slewing Costs and Complex Observation Utility *

A Kangaslahti, A Candela, J Swope… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maximizing the utility of limited Earth observing satellite resources is a difficult ongoing
problem. Dynamic Targeting is an approach to this challenge that intelligently plans and …

Nano-satellite swarm for SAR applications: Design and robust scheduling

CK Pang, A Kumar, CH Goh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the design and robust scheduling of a nano-satellite (nanosat) swarm is
presented for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) applications. Based on the power budget and …

Satellite angular velocity estimation based on star images and optical flow techniques

G Fasano, G Rufino, D Accardo, M Grassi - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
An optical flow-based technique is proposed to estimate spacecraft angular velocity based
on sequences of star-field images. It does not require star identification and can be thus …

Singularity avoidance controller design for spacecraft attitude control using double-gimbal variable-speed control moment gyro

S Barman, M Sinha - European Journal of Control, 2023 - Elsevier
A sub-optimal singularity avoidance large angle rest-to-rest attitude maneuver control of a
rigid spacecraft actuated using a double-gimbal variable-speed control moment gyro …