Minimizing attitude control fuel in space manipulator systemsTechniques are presented for finding space manipulator motions which result in reduced spacecraft dynamic disturbances. Although a spacecraft's attitude control reaction jets can compensate for these disturbances, reaction jet fuel is a limited resource and excessive disturbances would limit the life of a space manipulator. A graphical tool called the Enhanced Disturbance Map (EDM) is presented and is demonstrated as an aid in developing planning and control algorithms to solve this complex problem.
Document ID
19920041085
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dubowsky, Steven (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Torres, Miguel A. (MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Subject Category
Systems Analysis
Meeting Information
Meeting: i-SAIRAS ''90: International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space