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Dynamic And Control Of Air-Bearing Spacecraft Simulator, Jacob Joseph Korczyk
Dynamic And Control Of Air-Bearing Spacecraft Simulator, Jacob Joseph Korczyk
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An air bearing is being designed as a spacecraft rotational motion simulator, featuring the Sawyer Robot and its control box. The objective is to maneuver the robot as desired, performing operations specific to on-orbit servicing operations while maintaining stability of the system. Before the control can be designed, the dynamics of the platform and the robot must be modeled. The dynamics of the robot can be derived utilizing a Newton-Euler recursive approach. By beginning with a simple pendulum, then adding links (degrees of freedom) to more closely resemble the Sawyer arm, the equations of motion for the robot can be …