Abstract:
A taxonomy of planetary exploration rovers is presented, followed by a review of systems used in missions and in an experimental phase. The baseline design emerges as fou...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
A taxonomy of planetary exploration rovers is presented, followed by a review of systems used in missions and in an experimental phase. The baseline design emerges as four or six wheels, rocker-bogie based passive suspension and all wheel driving/selected wheel steering. A trend is also apparent in the use of wheel - legged hybrid locomotion. The performance metrics are presented by which the differing configurations of the locomotion subsystem for wheeled rovers with a passive suspension may be systematically evaluated. The taxonomy and aggregated metrics presented in this paper aid in the comparison and selection of rover characteristics, while the baseline design is a representative example of current practices and future trends.
Date of Conference: 10-12 December 2014
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 23 March 2015
Electronic ISBN:978-1-4799-5199-4