Global Grasp Planning for On-Orbit Robotic Manipulation
Design of an analytic grasp planning engine for autonomous capture of novel objects
M. Vilella Ramisa (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Alessandra Menicucci – Mentor (TU Delft - Space Systems Egineering)
M. Zwick – Graduation committee member (European Space Agency (ESA))
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Abstract
To manage the increasing amount of satellite traffic in orbit and renewed operational ambitions, it is crucial to advance the capabilities of space robotic systems to enable complex manipulability tasks. These abilities will provide the necessary components to perform satellite de-orbiting, servicing of important assets, and assistance in on-orbit operations. With knowledge transfer from the terrestrial domain, the Aut-O-MAGIC research project proposes global graspability maps based on analytic grasp quality metrics to enable robust gripper operations without external intervention. Global graspability maps draw parallels from terrain traversability maps in robotic navigation, which use cost maps to plan optimised traverses ahead of time. Until now, grasping tasks in space have only had sufficient target surface information to plan the next action, disregarding optimisation or complex tasks that require multiple actions. The Aut-O-MAGIC grasp planning engine provides promising graspability cost maps that indicate populous sets of satisfactory grasps on the target object surface.