DocumentCode
2697411
Title
Mechanical design of three-wheeled lunar rover; “Tri-Star IV”
Author
Aoki, Takeshi ; Murayama, Yuki ; Hirose, Shigeo
Author_Institution
Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
9-13 May 2011
Firstpage
2198
Lastpage
2203
Abstract
Japan is planning to send a rover to the moon to investigate the moon surface in the near future. Therefore, considerable researches and developments about the subject are being done. We particularly have continued to propose expandable three-wheeled rovers, and to develop them. This paper proposes the new concept of the three-wheeled rover “Tri-Star IV” composed of three spring wheels and two rotating arms, and describes its mechanical design.
Keywords
aerospace robotics; design engineering; mobile robots; planetary rovers; robot dynamics; wheels; Japan; Tri-Star IV; mechanical design; rotating arms; spring wheels; three wheeled lunar rover; Electron tubes; Moon; Shoulder; Springs; Turning; Wheels; Winches; Lunar rover; Three wheeled vehicle;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
ISSN
1050-4729
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-386-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980180
Filename
5980180
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