Theory and Applications of Multi-Tethers in Space

Professor Panfeng Huang is a doctoral supervisor at the School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University. As the Head of Research Center for Intelligent Robotics in NPU, he received several national awards and honorary titles. An expert in Space Teleoperation, Space Robotics, and Intelligent Control, his research focuses on the key technological and scientific problems in engineering practice. He was responsible for developing the first remote operating system for space robotic arms in China. He was also the first person to develop and refine a tethered space robotic system for on-orbit capture, including design theory and methodology. In addition, he has hosted and implemented more than twenty national projects, and published more than forty SCI journal papers and three monographs. He holds 55 national invention patents and was awarded the Military Progress Prize in Science and Technology. Fan Zhang is an AssociateResearch Professor at the School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University. She has published the English book Tethered Space Robot: Dynamics, Measurement, and Control (Elsevier Academic Press), and more than 20 journal and conference papers. Her research focuses on the dynamics and control of tethered space robots, space multi-tethers, and maneuverable tethered space net robots. 

Introduction.- Dynamics Modeling and Analysis.- Folding Pattern and Releasing Characteristics.- Centralized Deployment Control.- Distributed Deployment Control.- Dynamics Modeling.- Formation-keeping Control of the Close-chain.- Deployment and Retrieval Control of the Hub-spoke System  System.- Formation-keeping Control of the Hub-spoke System.