Zhicheng Zhou

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Zhicheng Zhou is a leading researcher in space robotics and orbital dynamics, with a focus on the active removal of space debris and coordinated multi-robot systems. His most influential work, "Optimal contact control for space debris detumbling and nutation damping" (2020), has garnered 35 citations and addresses a critical challenge in debris mitigation: safely stabilizing tumbling, high-speed debris before capture. Zhou’s method uses optimal control theory to dampen both spin and nutation, providing a practical pathway for contact-based debris removal missions. Earlier, in his 2013 paper "Coordinated target localization base on pseudo measurement for clustered space robot" (10 citations), he pioneered a master–slave relative navigation strategy for clustered space robots. This work enables a team of small, cooperative spacecraft to precisely localize a target even when individual members have limited sensing capabilities, using pseudo-measurements to fuse data. Together, these contributions establish Zhou as a key figure in advancing autonomous, multi-agent space systems for on-orbit servicing and debris remediation.