China Academy of Space Technology

Design, Modeling and Performance Analysis of an Actively Variable Stiffness Pneumatic Flexible Bending Joint

The contradiction between high compliance and low load-bearing capacity of flexible manipulators limits their engineering applications. Meanwhile, the theoretical modeling of the deformation and variable stiffness characteristics of flexible joints still faces considerable challe...

High-Precision Visual Absolute-Localization Method for Deep-Space Probes Based on Salient Landmarks

To address the scarcity of high-precision control points on planetary surfaces and the accumulated drift of conventional relative-localization methods in deep-space exploration missions, this paper proposes a visual absolute-localization method based on salient-landmark contour m...