Attitude Takeover Control of Failed Spacecraft is both necessary and urgently required. This book provides an overview of the topic and the role of space robots in handling various types of failed spacecraft. The book divides the means of attitude takeover control into three types, including space manipulator capture, tethered space robot capture, and cellular space robot capture. Spacecraft attitude control is the process of controlling the orientation of a spacecraft (vehicle or satellite) with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity such as the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.
It has become increasingly important: with the increasing number of human space launch activities, the number of failed spacecraft has increased dramatically in recent years.
- Proposes a means of attitude takeover control of failed spacecraft
- Provides a comprehensive overview of current attitude takeover control technologies of space robots
- Covers space manipulator capture, tethered space robot capture, and cellular space robot capture
Professor Huang received B.S. and M.S. from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1998, 2001, respectively, and PhD from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the area of Automation and Robotics in 2005. He is currently a professor of the School of Astronautics and Vice Director of Research Center for Intelligent Robotics at the Northwestern Polytechnical University. His research interests include Space Robotics, Tethered Space Robotics, Intelligent Control, Machine Vision, Space Teleoperation.
Dr Fan Zhang is based at the School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University in China. Dr Zhang’s areas of research include: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering and control systems engineering. Dr Zhang is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dr Yingbo Lu is a university lecturer, based at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry in China. Dr Lu is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA).
Dr Haitao Chang (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in navigation, guidance, and control from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, in 2010, 2013, and 2018, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Research Professor with the School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University. His research interests include space robot and control, space teleoperation, and space debris removal.
Dr Yizhai Zhang is based at the School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University in China.
