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Gravity-Independent Locomotion: Dynamics and Position-Based Control of Robots on Asteroid Surfaces by Marco Chacin; Edward Tunstel is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Gravity-Independent Locomotion: Dynamics and Position-Based Control of Robots on Asteroid Surfaces about?

In recent years, the scientific community has had an increased interest in exploring the asteroids of the solar system (JAXA/ ISAS, 2003; JHU/APL, 1996; NASA/JPL, 2007). Technological advances have enabled mankind for the first time to take a closer look at these small solar system objects through sensors and instruments of robotic deep space probes. However, most of these space probe missions have focused on the reconnaissance of the asteroids' surfaces and their compositional analysis from a distance. Little attention has been given to locomotion on their surfaces with a mobile robotic system, due to the challenging gravity conditions found in these small solar system bodies. In small bodies like asteroids, the gravitational fields are substantially weaker than those of Earth or Mars, therefore the likelihood of a robot's unintentional collision with the surface while attempting a movement is substantially higher. In one of the latest missions, the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft carried onboard a small robot named MINERVA (Yoshimitsu et al., 2001) to be deployed and used to explore the asteroid surface. The robot was designed with a single reaction wheel, located inside of it, to p

Author

Marco Chacin; Edward Tunstel

Publisher

InTech

Published

2012

Language

EN