DocumentCode
393428
Title
SMC rover: planetary rover with transformable wheels
Author
Kawakami, Atsushi ; Torii, Akihiro ; Motomura, Kazuhiro ; Hirose, Shigeo
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mechano-Aerosp. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2002
fDate
5-7 Aug. 2002
Firstpage
157
Abstract
We propose a new planetary rover system called "SMC rover". This system consists of one main body and some wheel units, which are detachable and able to work as child rovers, called "Uni-Rover". Trial models of "Uni-Rover" and "SMC rover" have been designed. This paper explains the mechanisms of this rover, and also results of the basic experiments performed.
Keywords
mobile robots; motion control; multi-robot systems; planetary rovers; SMC rover; Uni-Rover; locomotion mode; mobility; parent-children type rover; planetary rover system; rough terrain; Batteries; Immune system; Large-scale systems; Marine vehicles; Moon; Planets; Probes; Sliding mode control; Wheels; Wrist;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SICE 2002. Proceedings of the 41st SICE Annual Conference
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7631-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SICE.2002.1195203
Filename
1195203
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