Autonomous docking algorithm development and experimentation using the SPHERES testbed

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5419, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-15

  Nolet, Simon ^a   Kong, Edmund ^a   Miller, David W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous docking; Autonomy; Control systems; ISS laboratory; Microgravity experiment; SPHERES

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS DOCKING; AUTONOMY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) LABORATORY; MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTERFEROMETRY; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MANEUVERABILITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MOTION ESTIMATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TEST FACILITIES;

DOCKING;

EID: 10044296129     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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