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Apollo 16, extra-vehicular activity planning assumptions, lunar rover vehicle traverse assessment

, 1971
Contains assumptions, activity metabolic comparison 15 actual versus 16 planning, Apollo 16 EVA summary, Apollo 16-Descartes traverses calculated data, and riding traverse distance all concerning use of the lunar rover ...

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Slip Ratio Based Traction Coordinating Control of Wheeled Lunar Rover with Rocker Bogie

, 2011
This paper investigates the traction coordinating control issue of the wheeled lunar rover with Rocker Bogie in rough terrain. Based on the improved exponential approach law, the algorithm of coordinating control is designed to optimize the traction ...
Linhui Li, Yibing Zhao, Li, Ming, Ming Li, Li, Linhui, Wu, Shumei, Zhao, Yibing, Shumei Wu   +7 more
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Design of Controller board for a Lunar Rover

, 2010
The Lunar Rover (Roony) is a robotic project group at Mälardalens University composed by students. The objective of this group is to design and build an autonomous robot that has to be able to move by itself through the moon terrain.
Rejas, Marcos
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Mechanical Analysis and Experiment of Wheel-Soil Interaction of Lunar Rover

, 2011
The mechanics behavior between soil and wheel has important influence on the traction performance of the lunar rover. For analyzing the interaction between soil and wheel, the mechanical model is established and the experiment devices adopting gas ...
Jian Jun Du, Dun Liu, Gang Liu, Jian Jun Zhu   +3 more
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Lunar Terrain Construction and Application for Lunar Rover

Information Technology Journal, 2013
Zhao Yibing, Lv hong sen, Li Linhui, Guo Lie, Zhang Mingheng   +4 more
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Observed Changes in Mars Soil Thermophysical Properties Due to Rover Wheel Interactions: MER Mini-TES Observations and Applications to Upcoming Lunar Rover Exploration

The Planetary Science Journal
The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity each carried a thermal infrared (IR) instrument called the Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) used to determine rock and soil composition and thermophysical properties. In this work,
Benjamin D. Byron, Kerri L. Donaldson Hanna, Addie Dove, Steve W. Ruff, Jean-Pierre Willams, Margaret Landis, Paul O. Hayne, Kristen A. Bennett, Jessica Sunshine, Prateek Tripathi   +9 more
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Properties of Lunar Dust and Their Migration on the Moon

Space: Science & Technology
Lunar dust, the finest fraction of lunar regolith, has undergone important space weathering on the Moon. It not only serves as a record of the evolution of the lunar surface environment and the modification of mineral properties, but also influences the ...
Hong Jin, Xiongyao Li, Guangfei Wei, Xiaoping Zhang, Lianghai Xie, Hong Gan, Aibing Zhang, Xianguo Zhang, Lifang Li, Zhaoguo He, Yuyan Zhao   +10 more
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Visual aids for lunar rover tele-operation

, 2005
Future Lunar missions will require significant and speedy traverses of the terrain by robotic vehicles. Because of the Moon’s proximity to the Earth it is very tempting to tele-operate robotic vehicles from the Earth, rather than have them operate ...
Kyle Machulis, David P. Miller
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Design issues for the power system of a lunar rover

, 2014
The Electrical Power System developed for a lunar rover is presented and the design of the main subsystems is analysed with a view to the AMALIA lunar mission.
SCHIRONE, Luigi, MACELLARI, MICHELE
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A STEWART PLATFORM LUNAR ROVER

, 2008
A lunar version of the Robocrane is being developed at the Robot Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to address the needs of NASA researchers.
Roger Bostelman, Karl Murphy, Tsung-ming Tsai, James Albus   +3 more
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