DocumentCode
399695
Title
Experiments and analysis of the role of solar power in limiting Mars rover range
Author
Miller, David P. ; Hunt, Tim S. ; Roman, Matt J.
Author_Institution
Aerosp. & Mechanical Eng., Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
27-31 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
317
Abstract
A common explanation for the limited distance traveled by NASA´s past and planned Mars rovers is the limits of solar power. This paper explores this hypothesis and documents a series of experiments with a solar powered rover. A detailed comparison between our rover and Sojourner, with regards to power usage, is presented. Experiments and analysis clearly show that other factors dominate in limiting the range of NASA´s solar powered robots when operating on Mars.
Keywords
Mars; mobile robots; planetary rovers; solar power; solar powered vehicles; Mars rover range; NASA; Sojourner; solar power; solar powered robots; Aerospace engineering; Batteries; Costs; Energy management; Mars; Mechanical engineering; Robots; Solar energy; Solar powered vehicles; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7860-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2003.1250647
Filename
1250647
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