Space manipulator motions with no satellite attitude disturbances

Z. Vafa

2002 · 34 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

An algorithm that eliminates the satellite attitude disturbances due to manipulator motions is presented. This algorithm is analyzed for a 9-DOF (degree of freedom) and a 6-DOF manipulator. It is shown that both of the manipulators' motions will not result in satellite attitude disturbances. The 9-DOF redundant manipulator end-effector can go through any path with any desired orientation. The 6-DOF manipulator can only go through a desired path, and its end-effector orientation changes according to the manipulator dynamics.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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