Open source modular simulation platform for space manipulator dynamics and control

Chengjie Wu, Jianmei Song, Haoping She, Liangwei Huang

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Abstract

Space manipulator is the main actuator of on-orbit service technology, and modeling accuracy, control and simulation analysis are the key to numerical experiments. The main problem of current manipulator control simulation method is that dynamic calculation and control simulation are separated, and the simulation program is not open source. Aiming at the control simulation problem of space manipulator, an open-source modular simulation model establishment and controller design platform is proposed to realize closed-loop dynamic calculation and control simulation. The platform is based on the open source multi-body dynamics calculation software MBDyn, which establishes a modular simulation model according to the task requirements to avoid complex mathematical modeling. The Xcos simulation communication interface is developed based on the open source scientific and engineering calculation software Scilab, it exchanges data with modularized controller to realize real-time joint control simulation. Taking a six-degree-of-freedom manipulator as an example, dynamics and control simulations were carried out, and the simulation results showed the effectiveness of the platform. It can be applied to a variety of multi-body dynamics control simulation schemes, open source and has good versatility.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 40th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2021
EditorsChen Peng, Jian Sun
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages7652-7657
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563804
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2021
Event40th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2021 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 26 Jul 202128 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
Volume2021-July
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference40th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period26/07/2128/07/21

Keywords

  • MBDyn
  • Scilab
  • Space manipulator
  • dynamics and control
  • open source modular simulation platform

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