Agent Based Software For The Autonomous Control Of Formation Flying Spacecraft

Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721567593

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Agent Based Software for the Autonomous Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Pdf

Distributed satellite systems is an enabling technology for many future NASA/DoD earth and space science missions, such as MMS, MAXIM, Leonardo, and LISA [1, 2, 3]. While formation flying offers significant science benefits, to reduce the operating costs for these missions it will be essential that these multiple vehicles effectively act as a single spacecraft by performing coordinated observations. Autonomous guidance, navigation, and control as part of a coordinated fleet-autonomy is a key technology that will help accomplish this complex goal. This is no small task, as most current space missions require significant input from the ground for even relatively simple decisions such as thruster burns. Work for the NMP DS1 mission focused on the development of the New Millennium Remote Agent (NMRA) architecture for autonomous spacecraft control systems. NMRA integrates traditional real-time monitoring and control with components for constraint-based planning, robust multi-threaded execution, and model-based diagnosis and reconfiguration. The complexity of using an autonomous approach for space flight software was evident when most of its capabilities were stripped off prior to launch (although more capability was uplinked subsequently, and the resulting demonstration was very successful). How, Jonathan P. and Campbell, Mark and Dennehy, Neil (Technical Monitor) Goddard Space Flight Center MIT-OSP-6891850

Author : Walt Truszkowski,Harold Hallock,Christopher Rouff,Jay Karlin,James Rash,Michael Hinchey,Roy Sterritt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781846282331

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Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration Systems by Walt Truszkowski,Harold Hallock,Christopher Rouff,Jay Karlin,James Rash,Michael Hinchey,Roy Sterritt Pdf

In the early 1990s, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center started researching and developing autonomous and autonomic ground and spacecraft control systems for future NASA missions. This research started by experimenting with and developing expert systems to automate ground station software and reduce the number of people needed to control a spacecraft. This was followed by research into agent-based technology to develop autonomous ground c- trol and spacecraft. Research into this area has now evolved into using the concepts of autonomic systems to make future space missions self-managing and giving them a high degree of survivability in the harsh environments in which they operate. This book describes much of the results of this research. In addition, it aimstodiscusstheneededsoftwaretomakefutureNASAspacemissionsmore completelyautonomousandautonomic.Thecoreofthesoftwareforthesenew missions has been written for other applications or is being applied gradually in current missions, or is in current development. It is intended that this book should document how NASA missions are becoming more autonomous and autonomic and should point to the way of making future missions highly - tonomous and autonomic. What is not covered is the supporting hardware of these missions or the intricate software that implements orbit and at- tude determination, on-board resource allocation, or planning and scheduling (though we refer to these technologies and give references for the interested reader).

Author : Pini Gurfil
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0750685336

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Spacecraft Formation Flying by Pini Gurfil Pdf

Spacecraft formation flying (SFF) is of huge importance to the aerospace and space community. Not the stuff of science-fiction, SFF involves flying multiple small satellites together, to deliver benefits which far outweigh a single larger craft or space station. The first autonomous formation flying earth science mission was in 196 and NASA now has 35 SFF mission sets. By networking several smaller and cheaper craft, scientists can make simultaneous measurements that enable higher resolution astronomical imagery, provide robust and fault-tolerant spacecraft system architectures, and enable complex earth science and space science networks dispersed over clusters of satellites in space. This is the first book to introduce and explore SFF. It is a topic of enormous importance to aerospace engineers, astrodynamicists, satellite engineers, astronomers, physicists, and applied mathematicions. This book provides a complete introduction to the subject and is supported by graduate level student exercises plus Matlab and Maple code sets for running SFF simulations. * The first book dedicated to spacecraft formation flying which is the enabling element of distributed spacecraft systems * Written by the leading researchers and teachers in the field; perfect for research and graduate students * Accompanied by Matlab and Maple code sets and exercises for graduate level students of aerospace science, astrodynamics and orbital mechanics.

Author : Marco D'Errico
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461445418

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Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring by Marco D'Errico Pdf

This title analyzes distributed Earth observation missions from different perspectives. In particular, the issues arising when the payloads are distributed on different satellites are considered from both the theoretical and practical points of view. Moreover, the problems of designing, measuring, and controlling relative trajectories are thoroughly presented in relation to theory and applicable technologies. Then, the technological challenges to design satellites able to support such missions are tackled. An ample and detailed description of missions and studies complements the book subject.

Author : S. Mathavaraj,Radhakant Padhi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811596315

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Satellite Formation Flying by S. Mathavaraj,Radhakant Padhi Pdf

Small satellite technology is opening up a new era in space exploration offering reduced cost of launch and maintenance, operational flexibility with on-orbit reconfiguration, redundancy etc. The true power of such missions can be harnessed only from close and precise formation flying of satellites. Formation flying missions support diverse application areas such as reconnaissance, remote sensing, solar observatory, deep space observatories, etc. A key component involved in formation flying is the guidance algorithm that should account for system nonlinearities and unknown disturbances. The main focus of this book is to present various nonlinear optimal control and adaptive guidance ideas to ensure precise close formation flying in presence of such difficulties. In addition to in-depth discussion of the relevant topics, MATLAB program files for the results included are also provided for the benefit of the readers. Since this book has concise information about the various guidance techniques, it will be useful reference for researchers and practising engineers in the space field.

Author : Jianjun Zhang,Jing Li
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780443132827

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High-Reliability Autonomous Management Systems for Spacecraft by Jianjun Zhang,Jing Li Pdf

High-Reliability Autonomous Management Systems for Spacecraft updates on research on three levels of self-management, including: 1) Autonomous health management of spacecraft that covers how spacecraft can monitor their own state and autonomously detect, isolate and recover from faults; 2) Autonomous mission management of spacecraft where the spacecraft can directly receive the mission, formulate a reasonable plan according to the current state and working environment of the spacecraft, and convert the mission into a specific sequence of instructions; 3) Spacecraft autonomous data management where the spacecraft processes a large amount of raw data and extracts useful information, and autonomously executes or changes flights. The autonomous management of spacecraft uses modern control technologies such as artificial intelligence to establish a remote intelligent body on the spacecraft so that the spacecraft can complete its flight tasks by itself. Its goal is to accurately perceive its own state and external environment without relying on external information injection and control or rely on external control as little as possible. Divides the autonomous management level of spacecraft into two levels, autonomy and execution Covers the implementation of spacecraft autonomous management into three aspects, including autonomous health management of the spacecraft, mission management, and converting the mission into a specific sequence of instructions Discusses how these processes can take a large amount of raw data and extract useful information Covers the autonomous management model of the spacecraft, including compatibility

Author : Andrea Omicini,Sebastian Sardina,Wamberto Vasconcelos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642207150

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Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies VIII by Andrea Omicini,Sebastian Sardina,Wamberto Vasconcelos Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies, DALT 2010, held in Toronto, Canada, on May 10, 2010, as a satellite workshop of the 9th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2010. The 7 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited lectures were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from 24 initial submissions. DALT aims to make formal methods and declarative technologies and approaches available to and understood by a broader segment of the multi-agent research community; the papers are organized in topical sections on BDI rational agents, communication, coordination and negotiation, as well as social aspects and control systems.

Author : Tan, Ying
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466695733

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Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics by Tan, Ying Pdf

Studies on robotics applications have grown substantially in recent years, with swarm robotics being a relatively new area of research. Inspired by studies in swarm intelligence and robotics, swarm robotics facilitates interactions between robots as well as their interactions with the environment. The Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics is a collection of the most important research achievements in swarm robotics thus far, covering the growing areas of design, control, and modeling of swarm robotics. This handbook serves as an essential resource for researchers, engineers, graduates, and senior undergraduates with interests in swarm robotics and its applications.

Author : Bob McKay,John Slaney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540361879

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AI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence by Bob McKay,John Slaney Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2002, held in Canberra, Australia in December 2002. The 62 revised full papers and 12 posters presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on natural language and information retrieval, knowledge representation and reasoning, deduction, learning theory, agents, intelligent systems. Bayesian reasoning and classification, evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, reinforcement learning, constraints and scheduling, neural network applications, satisfiability reasoning, machine learning applications, fuzzy reasoning, and case-based reasoning.

Author : Herbert J. Kramer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1509 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642562945

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Observation of the Earth and Its Environment by Herbert J. Kramer Pdf

This book is about spaceborne missions and instruments. In addition, surveys of airborne missions and of campaigns can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM in pdf-format. Compared with the 3rd edition the spaceborne part grew from about 300 to 1000 pages. The complete text - including the electronic-only chapters - contains more than 1900 pages. New chapters treat the history of Earth observation and university missions. The number of commercial Earth imaging missions has grown significantly. A chapter contains reference data and definitions. Extensive appendices provide a comprehensive glossary, acronyms and abbreviations and an index of sensors. An effort has been made to present the information in context, to point out relationships and interconnections. The book may serve as a reference and guide to all involved in the various national and international space programs: researchers and managers, service providers and data users, teachers and students.

Author : Michal Pechoucek,Simon G. Thompson,Holger Voos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783764385712

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Defense Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems by Michal Pechoucek,Simon G. Thompson,Holger Voos Pdf

This collection of recently published and refereed papers comes from workshops and colloquia held over the last two years. The papers describe the development of command and control systems, military communications systems, information systems, surveillance systems, autonomous vehicles, simulators, and HCI. The collection provides for the first time an overview of the most significant advances in the technology of intelligent agents.

Author : Josep M. Guerrero,Rogelio Lozano
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118563229

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Flight Formation Control by Josep M. Guerrero,Rogelio Lozano Pdf

In the last decade the development and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has attracted a lot of interest. Both researchers and companies have a growing interest in improving this type of vehicle given their many civilian and military applications. This book presents the state of the art in the area of UAV Flight Formation. The coordination and robust consensus approaches are presented in detail as well as formation flight control strategies which are validated in experimental platforms. It aims at helping students and academics alike to better understand what coordination and flight formation control can make possible. Several novel methods are presented: - controllability and observability of multi-agent systems; - robust consensus; - flight formation control; - stability of formations over noisy networks; which generate solutions of guaranteed performance for UAV Flight Formation. Contents 1. Introduction, J.A. Guerrero. 2. Theoretical Preliminaries, J.A. Guerrero. 3. Multiagent Coordination Strategies, J.A. Guerrero, R. Lozano, M.W. Spong, N. Chopra. 4. Robust Control Design for Multiagent Systems with Parametric Uncertainty, J.A. Guerrero, G. Romero. 5. On Adaptive and Robust Controlled Synchronization of Networked Robotic Systems on Strongly Connected Graphs, Y.-C. Liu, N. Chopra. 6. Modeling and Control of Mini UAV, G. Flores Colunga, J.A. Guerrero, J. Escareño, R. Lozano. 7. Flight Formation Control Strategies for Mini UAVs, J.A. Guerrero. 8. Formation Based on Potential Functions, L. García, A. Dzul. 9. Quadrotor Vision-Based Control, J.E. Gomez-Balderas, J.A. Guerrero, S. SALAZAR, R. Lozano, P. Castillo. 10. Toward Vision-Based Coordination of Quadrotor Platoons, L.R. García Carrillo, J.A. Guerrero, R. Lozano. 11. Optimal Guidance for Rotorcraft Platoon Formation Flying in Wind Fields, J.A. Guerrero, Y. Bestaoui, R. Lozano. 12. Impact of Wireless Medium Access Protocol on the Quadrotor Formation Control, J.A. Guerrero, Y. Challal, P. Castillo. 13. MAC Protocol for Wireless Communications, A. Mendez, M. Panduro, O. Elizarraras, D. Covarrubias. 14. Optimization of a Scannable Pattern for Bidimensional Antenna Arrays to Provide Maximum Performance, A. Reyna, M.A. Panduro, A. Mendez.

Author : Alan C. Schultz,Lynne E. Parker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789401723763

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Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata by Alan C. Schultz,Lynne E. Parker Pdf

In March 2002, the Naval Research Laboratory brought together leading researchers and government sponsors for a three-day workshop in Washington, D.C. on Multi-Robot Systems. The workshop began with presentations by various government program managers describing application areas and programs with an interest in multi robot systems. Government representatives were on hand from the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force, the Army Research Lab, the National Aeronau tics and Space Administration, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Top researchers then presented their current activities in the areas of multi robot systems and human-robot interaction. The first two days of the workshop of1ocalizatio~. concentrated on multi-robot control issues, including the topics mapping, and navigation; distributed surveillance; manipulation; coordination and formations; and sensors and hardware. The third day was focused on hu man interactions with multi-robot teams. All presentations were given in a single-track workshop format. This proceedings documents the work presented by these researchers at the workshop. The invited presentations were followed by panel discussions, in which all participants interacted to highlight the challenges of this field and to develop possible solutions. In addition to the invited research talks, students were given an opportunity to present their work at poster sessions.

Author : Hyo-Sung Ahn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030151874

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Formation Control by Hyo-Sung Ahn Pdf

This monograph introduces recent developments in formation control of distributed-agent systems. Eschewing the traditional concern with the dynamic characteristics of individual agents, the book proposes a treatment that studies the formation control problem in terms of interactions among agents including factors such as sensing topology, communication and actuation topologies, and computations. Keeping pace with recent technological advancements in control, communications, sensing and computation that have begun to bring the applications of distributed-systems theory out of the industrial sphere and into that of day-to-day life, this monograph provides distributed control algorithms for a group of agents that may behave together. Unlike traditional control laws that usually require measurements with respect to a global coordinate frame and communications between a centralized operation center and agents, this book provides control laws that require only relative measurements and communications between agents without interaction with a centralized operator. Since the control algorithms presented in this book do not require any global sensing and any information exchanges with a centralized operation center, they can be realized in a fully distributed way, which significantly reduces the operation and implementation costs of a group of agents. Formation Control will give both students and researchers interested in pursuing this field a good grounding on which to base their work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112048646605

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Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports by Anonim Pdf