Safe Landing on Small Celestial Bodies with Gravitational Uncertainty Using Disturbance Estimation and Control Barrier Functions
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| author | Arenas-Uribe, Felipe Seigler, T. Michael Hoagg, Jesse B. |
| author_facet | Arenas-Uribe, Felipe Seigler, T. Michael Hoagg, Jesse B. |
| contents | Soft landing on small celestial bodies (SCBs) poses unique challenges, as gravitational models poorly characterize the higher-order gravitational effects of SCBs. Existing control approaches lack guarantees for safety under gravitational uncertainty. This paper proposes a three-stage control architecture that combines disturbance estimation, trajectory tracking, and safety enforcement. An extended high-gain observer estimates gravitational disturbances online, a feedback-linearizing controller tracks a reference trajectory, and a minimum-intervention quadratic program enforces state and input constraints while remaining close to the nominal control. The proposed approach enables aggressive yet safe maneuvers despite gravitational uncertainty. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the controller in achieving soft-landing on irregularly shaped SCBs, highlighting its potential for autonomous SCB missions. |
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| spellingShingle | Safe Landing on Small Celestial Bodies with Gravitational Uncertainty Using Disturbance Estimation and Control Barrier Functions Arenas-Uribe, Felipe Seigler, T. Michael Hoagg, Jesse B. Systems and Control Optimization and Control 70Q05, 93C85, 93C10 Soft landing on small celestial bodies (SCBs) poses unique challenges, as gravitational models poorly characterize the higher-order gravitational effects of SCBs. Existing control approaches lack guarantees for safety under gravitational uncertainty. This paper proposes a three-stage control architecture that combines disturbance estimation, trajectory tracking, and safety enforcement. An extended high-gain observer estimates gravitational disturbances online, a feedback-linearizing controller tracks a reference trajectory, and a minimum-intervention quadratic program enforces state and input constraints while remaining close to the nominal control. The proposed approach enables aggressive yet safe maneuvers despite gravitational uncertainty. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the controller in achieving soft-landing on irregularly shaped SCBs, highlighting its potential for autonomous SCB missions. |
| title | Safe Landing on Small Celestial Bodies with Gravitational Uncertainty Using Disturbance Estimation and Control Barrier Functions |
| topic | Systems and Control Optimization and Control 70Q05, 93C85, 93C10 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05895 |