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Application of the Obstacle Vector Field Method for Trajectory Planning of a Planar Manipulator in Simulated Microgravity Cover

Application of the Obstacle Vector Field Method for Trajectory Planning of a Planar Manipulator in Simulated Microgravity

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|Dec 2023

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Figure 1.

Schematic view of the free-floating satellite-manipulator system and the general idea of the OVF method
Schematic view of the free-floating satellite-manipulator system and the general idea of the OVF method

Figure 2.

Gripper trajectory on the XY plane
Gripper trajectory on the XY plane

Figure 3.

Gripper position: X component (left) and Y component (right)
Gripper position: X component (left) and Y component (right)

Figure 4.

Gripper orientation (left) and chaser satellite orientation (right)
Gripper orientation (left) and chaser satellite orientation (right)

Figure 5.

Angular positions of manipulator joints
Angular positions of manipulator joints

Figure 6.

Chaser satellite mock-up equipped with the 3 DoF manipulator during one of the experiments
Chaser satellite mock-up equipped with the 3 DoF manipulator during one of the experiments

Gripper final positioning errors (absolute values)

ParameterUnitReference (planning)Experiments
Min.Max.Average
Position Xm0.00080.00050.00780.0043
Position Ym0.00180.00640.01710.0106
Orientationdeg0.13190.09991.29990.5666

Mass and geometrical properties of the manipulator

ParameterUnitLink 1Link 2Link 3
Lengthm0.450.450.31
Masskg2.812.824.64
CoM position in Πim 0.1360.002 \left[ {\matrix{ {0.136} \cr { - 0.002} \cr } } \right] 0.1340.001 \left[ {\matrix{ {0.134} \cr { - 0.001} \cr } } \right] 0.1510 \left[ {\matrix{ {0.151} \cr 0 \cr } } \right]
Mass moment of inertiakg · m20.06370.06350.0515
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2023-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2083-6104 | Journal ISSN: 1509-3859
Language: English
Page range: 171 - 187
Submitted on: Dec 14, 2022
Accepted on: May 23, 2023
Published on: Dec 29, 2023
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Tomasz Rybus, Konrad Aleksiejuk, Fatina Liliana Basmadji, Adam Sikorski, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.