• DocumentCode
    2731689
  • Title

    A prototype manipulation system for Mars rover science operations

  • Author

    Volpe, Richard ; Ohm, Timothy ; Petras, Richard ; Welch, Richard ; Balaram, J. ; Ivlev, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    7-11 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    1486
  • Abstract
    This paper provides an overview of a new manipulation system developed for sampling and instrument placement from small autonomous mobile robots for Mars exploration. Selected out of the design space, two manipulators have been constructed and integrated into the Rocky 7 Mars rover prototype. This paper describes the design objectives and constraints for these manipulators, and presents the finished system and some results from its operation
  • Keywords
    aerospace control; control system synthesis; manipulators; materials handling; mobile robots; robot vision; Mars rover; Rocky 7; autonomous mobile robots; design concept; manipulation system; manipulators; prototype; robot vision; Actuators; Instruments; Laboratories; Manipulators; Mars; Mobile robots; Propulsion; Prototypes; Soil; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1997. IROS '97., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Grenoble
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4119-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.1997.656555
  • Filename
    656555