3 papers
physics.space-ph2025
Time-Varying Model Predictive Attitude Control for Magnetically Actuated Dual-Spin Satellites
Robert D. Halverson, Ryan J. Caverly
Attitude control hardware for small satellites is often limited in power and space availability given the importance of the science instruments they exist to transport. To mitigate…
eess.SY2025
Passivity-Based Robust Shape Control of a Cable-Driven Solar Sail Boom for the CABLESSail Concept
Soojeong Lee, Ryan J. Caverly
Solar sails provide a means of propulsion using solar radiation pressure, which offers the possibility of exciting new spacecraft capabilities. However, solar sails have attitude c…
math.OC2024
Filtering-Linearization: A First-Order Method for Nonconvex Trajectory Optimization with Filter-Based Warm-Starting
Minsen Yuan, Ryan J. Caverly, Yue Yu
Nonconvex trajectory optimization is at the core of designing trajectories for complex autonomous systems. A challenge for nonconvex trajectory optimization methods, such as sequen…