Abstract
The phenomenons and problems encountered when a rendezvous
manoeuvre, and possible docking, of two spacecrafts has to be
performed, have been the topic for numerous studies, and, details
of a variety of scenarios has been analysed. So far, all solutions
that has been brought into realization has been based entirely on
direct human supervision and control. This paper describes a
vision-based system and methodology, that autonomously generates
accurate guidance information that may assist a human operator in
performing the tasks associated with both the rendezvous and
docking navigation procedures. The method described generates,
based on a single camera and a priory information about the target
vehicle and orbit data, all necessary guidance information for
closed-loop autonomous navigation, from first detection at far
distance, to a close up a hold point. Furthermore, the system
provide relative pose information to assist the human operator
during the docking phase. The closed loop and operator assistance
performance of the system have been assessed using a test bench
including human operator, navigation module and high fidelity
visualization module. The tests performed verified the general
accuracy, real timeliness and robustness of the system. Especially
the pose information proved to be valuable for the human operator,
and allows for implementation of automatic safety features as
proximity fuse, and target rotation rate synchronisation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on human and computer |
Place of Publication | Tokyo |
Publisher | Aizu |
Publication date | 1999 |
Publication status | Published - 1999 |
Event | International Workshop on Human and Computer - Tokyo Duration: 1 Jan 1999 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Workshop on Human and Computer |
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City | Tokyo |
Period | 01/01/1999 → … |