Orbital hopping maneuvers with two Astrobee free-flyers: Ground and flight experiments

Dynamic hopping maneuvers using mechanical actuation are proposed as a method of locomotion for free-flyer vehicles near or on large space structures. Such maneuvers are of interest for applications related to proximity maneuvers, observation, cargo carrying, fabrication, and sensor data collection....

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Main Authors: Stephen Kwok-Choon, Jennifer Hudson, Marcello Romano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2022.1004165/full