Mobility analysis, simulation, and scale model testing for the design of wheeled planetary rovers

Details Mobility analysis, simulation, and scale model testing for the design of wheeled planetary rovers Mobility analysis, simulation, and scale model testing for the design of wheeled planetary rovers

Jan 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993dpmv.book..531l&link_type=abstract

In CNES, Missions, Technologies, and Design of Planetary Mobile Vehicles p 531-536 (SEE N94-23373 06-91)

Computer Science

Robotics

Computerized Simulation, Mobility, Planetary Surfaces, Robotics, Roving Vehicles, Terrain, Three Dimensional Models, Performance Prediction, Performance Tests, Remote Control, Space Exploration, Traction

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The use of computer based techniques to model and simulate wheeled rovers on rough natural terrains is considered. Physical models of a prototype vehicle can be used to test the correlation of the simulations in scaled testing. The computer approaches include a quasi-static planar or two dimensional analysis and design tool based on the traction necessary for the vehicle to have imminent mobility. The computer program modeled a six by six wheel drive vehicle of original kinematic configuration, called the Rocker Bogie. The Rocker Bogie was optimized using the quasi-static software with respect to its articulation parameters prior to fabrication of a prototype. In another approach used, the dynamics of the Rocker Bogie vehicle in 3-D space was modeled on an engineering workstation using commercial software. The model included the complex and nonlinear interaction of the tire and terrain. The results of the investigation yielded numerical and graphical results of the rover traversing rough terrain on the earth, moon, and Mars. In addition, animations of the rover excursions were also generated. A prototype vehicle was then used in a series of testbed and field experiments. Correspondence was then established between the computer models and the physical model. The results indicated the utility of the quasi-static tool for configurational design, as well as the predictive ability of the 3-D simulation to model the dynamic behavior of the vehicle over short traverses.

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