Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993dpmv.book..301b&link_type=abstract
In CNES, Missions, Technologies, and Design of Planetary Mobile Vehicles p 301-306 (SEE N94-23373 06-91)
Computer Science
Performance
Planetary Surfaces, Roving Vehicles, Systems Engineering, Research Vehicles, Suspension Systems (Vehicles), Vehicle Wheels
Scientific paper
A new type of vehicle design named 'rocker-bogie' and later nicknamed 'Rocky', which has a free rocking bogie at the front of a master bogie, is presented. All Rocky design vehicles have the following in common: there are no springs or elastic members other than those used with tires; there is a single rigid body; they have very high ground clearence; all wheels are capable of being steered; the body is differentially connected between the left and right sides on a transverse axis. The basis of the design, a linkage system that distributes the weight among the wheels over a wide range of individual wheel elevations, and how this leads to superior obstacle climbing ability and superior bump performance, are explained.
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