The control methods of ground-based teleoperation rendezvous with variable time delay are surveyed. With the help of root locus method, the influences of time delay on the stability and performance of the control system are analyzed. Then, a time-delay compensator is designed to transfer the variable delay into a constant. A predictive model is established based on the relative dynamic equations. After that, a multivariable Smith predictor is designed based on the principle of Smith predictor, which makes the control input state variables independent of variable time delay. At the same time, the fuzzy control method is introduced to alleviate the uncertainties in the teleoperation rendezvous system. Finally, semi-physical simulations are carried out to verify the methods presented in this paper. Simulation results show that time-delay compensation and Smith-Fuzzy control are effective in alleviating the variable time delay and model uncertainties in the process of teleoperation rendezvous, and the success probability and control accuracy can be improved.