DocumentCode
3296337
Title
Preliminary anchoring technology for landing on the asteroid
Author
Hong Liu ; Zhijun Zhao ; Jingdong Zhao
Author_Institution
State Key Lab. of Robot. & Syst., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
fYear
2013
fDate
12-14 Dec. 2013
Firstpage
2392
Lastpage
2396
Abstract
Anchoring technology is necessary for the lander to land on the asteroid. Four types of anchoring modes and their characteristics are discussed, and then an anchoring system is introduced. Some key factors related to the performance of the anchoring system are presented. These factors include characteristics of the asteroid, penetrating energy and shape of the anchor tip. Penetrating energy and shape of the anchor tip are analyzed quantitatively, and then pyrotechnical and conic anchor tip is selected for the anchoring system. Finally, anchoring system is tested by penetrating in soil and sand media.
Keywords
aerospace control; asteroids; sand; soil; space research; anchor tip shape; anchoring modes; anchoring system performance; anchoring technology; asteroid characteristics; asteroid landing; conic anchor tip; lander; penetrating energy; pyrotechnical anchor tip; sand media penetration; soil penetration; Equations; Force; Materials; Mathematical model; Shape; Soil; Springs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shenzhen
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROBIO.2013.6739828
Filename
6739828
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