Design of Comprehensive High-fidelity/High-speed Virtual Simulation System for Lunar Rover

Virtual simulation is of great importance for both the research and development phase and the tele-operation phase of a lunar rover. The role and state-of-the-art of rover´s simulation is introduced in the beginning. Comprehensive high-fidelity/high-speed virtual simulation system for lunar rover is designed in accordance with the developing trend. Key technologies such as terramechanics and recursive dynamics are discussed and related work that have been done in RCMAC of Harbin Institute of Technology are presented. The system can be switched between high-fidelity simulation and high-speed precision simulation to be used in both phases of a lunar rover.