Spacecraft Swarm Navigation and Control Using Artificial Potential Field and Sliding Mode Control

Author

Saaj, C.M. ; Lappas, Vaios ; Gazi, Veysel

Author_Institution

Surrey Univ., London

fYear

2006

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

2646

Lastpage

2651

Abstract

The artificial potential field (APF) method provides simple and effective path planners for practical terrestrial robotics control. Sliding mode control (SMC) strategy together with artificial potential field has been used for control of multi-agent systems or swarms. The aim of this work is to examine for the first time the applicability of APF and SMC for spacecraft swarm navigation and control. This paper demonstrates that spacecraft formation flying can be successfully achieved using SMC for closed loop feedback and APF method for path planning.

Keywords

closed loop systems; feedback; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; path planning; space vehicles; variable structure systems; artificial potential field; closed loop feedback; multiagent system; path planning; sliding mode control; spacecraft swarm navigation; terrestrial robotics control; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace engineering; Control systems; Multiagent systems; Navigation; Orbital robotics; Path planning; Sliding mode control; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology, 2006. ICIT 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0726-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0726-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2006.372712

Filename

4238034