Richard Zappulla

Dynamic Air-Bearing Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed to Experimentally Evaluate Autonomous Spacecraft Proximity Maneuvers

Richard Zappulla, Josep Virgili-Llop, Costantinos Zagaris et al. · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 2017 · 78 citations

Space Vehicle, Spacecraft Guidance, Aerospace Robotics +14

Real-Time Autonomous Spacecraft Proximity Maneuvers and Docking Using an Adaptive Artificial Potential Field Approach

Richard Zappulla, Hyeongjun Park, Josep Virgili-Llop et al. · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology · 2018 · 70 citations

Path Planning, Trajectory Planning, Engineering +15

Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion with Convexified Keep-Out-Zone Constraints

Costantinos Zagaris, Hyeongjun Park, Josep Virgili-Llop et al. · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 2018 · 65 citations

Engineering, Spacecraft Relative Motion, Aerospace Engineering +10

A convex-programming-based guidance algorithm to capture a tumbling object on orbit using a spacecraft equipped with a robotic manipulator

Josep Virgili-Llop, Costantinos Zagaris, Richard Zappulla et al. · The International Journal of Robotics Research · 2018 · 65 citations · Full text

Resident Space Object, Trajectory Planning, Aerospace Systems +15

Laboratory experiments of resident space object capture by a spacecraft–manipulator system

Josep Virgili-Llop, Jerry V. Drew, Richard Zappulla et al. · Aerospace Science and Technology · 2017 · 59 citations

Space Vehicle, Robotic Systems, Laboratory Experiments +14