DocumentCode
3482034
Title
Small planetary rovers
Author
Angle, Colin ; Brooks, Rodney
Author_Institution
Artificial Intelligence Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
3-6 Jul 1990
Firstpage
383
Abstract
The authors argue that small rovers on the order of 1 to 2 kg are suitable for planetary exploration. Not only are they extremely cost effective but they also enable a number of new possibilities for scientific objectives. The authors describe their Attila robots which are prototypes for planetary rovers at the larger end of the scale (1.6 kg). The robots have 24 actuators and over 150 sensors, all connected via a local network to 11 onboard computers
Keywords
mobile robots; space vehicles; 1 to 2 kg; Attila robots; mobile robots; planetary rovers; space vehicles; Actuators; Artificial intelligence; Computer networks; Contracts; Costs; Legged locomotion; Payloads; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems '90. 'Towards a New Frontier of Applications', Proceedings. IROS '90. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Ibaraki
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.1990.262414
Filename
262414
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