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Prof Richard (Chunhui) Yang
Prof Richard Yang is the Interim Dean, School of Engineering, Director, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Head of Discipline, Mechanical and Mechtronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Western Sydney University. His research fields include Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Digital Twin, Industry 4.0, Mechanical Design, Engineering Numerical Methods, Multiscale Modelling Techniques, etc.
2026-10-23
2026-08-17
2026-06-18
Abstract—A new control moment gyro (CMG) using a gimballess design is developed for attitude control of a spacecraft. Although benefits of a conventional CMG system include cleanliness, replenishability of power source, and generation of high torque to change direction of a spacecraft, it is necessary to design a complex control system to avoid impassable and escapable singular states that are caused by gimbals. The proposed CMG system using a spherical rotor does not require gimbals for three-axis attitude control. The spherical rotor, which is driven by three pairs of omni wheel attached at a shaft of a motor, consists of a spherical shell, a flywheel, a battery, and IMU to measure the angular velocity of the rotor. Singularity analysis of the proposed CMG is described, and a preliminary experiment is performed to verify the validity of the CMG.