Coordinated control of space robot teams for the on-Orbit construction of large flexible space structures

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-323

  Boning, Peggy ^a   Dubowsky, Steven ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinated control; On orbit assembly; Space robot; Space structures; Vibration suppression

Indexed keywords

CO-ORDINATED CONTROL; ON-ORBIT ASSEMBLY; SPACE ROBOTS; SPACE STRUCTURE; VIBRATION SUPPRESSION;

CONTROL THEORY; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORBITS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ROBOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE PLATFORMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SYSTEM THEORY;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 76649136653     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/016918609X12619993300665     Document Type: Article

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