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Adaptive Control Design Using the Udwadia-Kalaba Formulation for Hovering Over an Asteroid with Unknown Gravitational Parameters
Stackhouse, Wesley T. et al. (2020)
- Published
- Jan 5, 2020
- Journal
- AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
- DOI
- 10.2514/6.2020-0843
At a GlanceAI
An adaptive control law uses the Udwadia-Kalaba framework to hover near an asteroid despite unknown gravity parameters.
SummaryAI
The work addresses a key challenge in asteroid exploration: maintaining a stable hover when the asteroid’s gravity is not well known. It introduces an adaptive control design built on the Udwadia-Kalaba formulation, extending that framework to handle uncertainty in gravitational parameters. The result is a control approach aimed at making proximity operations around small bodies more robust, which is important for future inspection, sampling, and landing missions.
Method SnapshotAI
The paper uses an adaptive control approach based on the Udwadia-Kalaba formulation for constrained spacecraft motion.
BackgroundAI
Background in spacecraft dynamics, adaptive control, and asteroid proximity operations is helpful.
An innovative application of AI to spacecraft guidance and control, this work introduces an adaptive control strategy for stable hovering around asteroids with uncertain gravity. It highlights the growing role of intelligent algorithms in enabling autonomous proximity operations, inspection, and future sampling and landing missions.
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