Motion capabilities of a passive object handled by free-floating robotic servicers

Robotic On-Orbit Servicing is a field that is constantly progressing over the last twenty years, with the task of handling of a passive object by manipulator equipped robotic servicers, being a significant one. Fuel, though, is a scarce commodity in space. Thus, in this paper, the motion capabilities of a passive object handled by a number of free-floating manipulator-equipped robotic servicers in space, is studied. Two different approaches are proposed in this initial study and a simple, characteristic case is demonstrating the approaches via simulations.