The case for planetary surface mobile robots
Abstract
Concepts for an automated planetary vehicle (APV) are examined in the context of mission characteristics, resources and system constraints, and operational robot concepts. Both lunar and Martian missions are discussed in terms of exploratory missions and work-site development that require distance and time goals of 1000 km and several years, respectively. Resource and system constraints emphasized in the areas of: rover material technologies, terrain characteristics, and communications. Operational robot concepts are described and compared in light of the constraints and mission requirements, and four candidate classes of robots are given: master-slave teleoperation, advanced teleprogramming, autonomous reactive machines, and autonomous task-level programmable robots. It is shown that these robotic concepts can provide the foundation for implementing lunar and martian exploratory missions.
- Publication:
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Washington, DC International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992wadc.iafcQR...G
- Keywords:
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- Planetary Surfaces;
- Robot Control;
- Robot Dynamics;
- Roving Vehicles;
- Telerobotics;
- Feasibility Analysis;
- French Space Program;
- Research Vehicles;
- Task Planning (Robotics);
- Technological Forecasting;
- Ground Support Systems and Facilities (Space)