Title :
Mechanical design of three-wheeled lunar rover; “Tri-Star IV”
Author :
Aoki, Takeshi ; Murayama, Yuki ; Hirose, Shigeo
Author_Institution :
Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan
Abstract :
Japan is planning to send a rover to the moon to investigate the moon surface in the near future. Therefore, considerable researches and developments about the subject are being done. We particularly have continued to propose expandable three-wheeled rovers, and to develop them. This paper proposes the new concept of the three-wheeled rover “Tri-Star IV” composed of three spring wheels and two rotating arms, and describes its mechanical design.
Keywords :
aerospace robotics; design engineering; mobile robots; planetary rovers; robot dynamics; wheels; Japan; Tri-Star IV; mechanical design; rotating arms; spring wheels; three wheeled lunar rover; Electron tubes; Moon; Shoulder; Springs; Turning; Wheels; Winches; Lunar rover; Three wheeled vehicle;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-386-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980180
