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In order to reduce collision impact and improve docking accuracy, a new deployable docking mechanism is proposed based on the slider-crank principle, which has the advantages of smaller volume and larger posture tolerance. To achieve large capture tolerance and increase the success rate of docking, the posture error is analyzed by considering the specific boundary of the position and pose. And a step-by-step cooperative capture strategy is proposed to complete the velocity selection and action matching among multiple capture arms. The reliable docking of posture correction in the docking process is realized by designing the action path of the docking mechanism. The effects of tolerance capture under different initial posture conditions are analyzed by dynamic simulation. The effectiveness and superiority of the step-by-step cooperative capture strategy are valid by comparison with the synchronized capture strategy. The comparison results show that the impact force is reduced by 8% than the synchronized strategy. The capture experiments are carried out to verify the docking performance. 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