DocumentCode
2128575
Title
Design, fabrication, and evaluation of a mobile robot for polar environments
Author
Akers, Eric L. ; Harmon, Hans P. ; Stansbury, Richard S. ; Agah, Arvin
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
20-24 Sept. 2004
Lastpage
112
Abstract
This paper describes the design, fabrication, and evaluation of a mobile robot as part of a radar system for measuring ice characteristics in Greenland and Antarctica. The robot can survive the polar environments, navigate the terrains, is capable of carrying the necessary radar equipment while providing power, can tow an antenna, and can provide precise positioning for the bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
Keywords
glaciology; ice; mobile robots; radar antennas; radionavigation; synthetic aperture radar; Antarctica; Greenland; SAR positioning; antenna towing; bistatic synthetic aperture radar; ice characteristics measurement; mobile robot design/fabrication/evaluation; polar environment; radar equipment; terrain navigation; Antarctica; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Fabrication; Ice; Mobile robots; Navigation; Radar antennas; Radar equipment; Radar measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8742-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368957
Filename
1368957
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