Mechanical design and modelling of a robotic planetary drilling system

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Liu, Yinghui ^a   Weinberg, Brian ^a   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS; ROTARY PUMPS;

DEGREE OF FREEDOM (DOF); ELECTROMECHANICAL DRILLING SYSTEM; LINEAR MOTION; MINIATURIZATION; PLANETARY BODIES; ROTARY PROPULSION UNIT; SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION;

DRILLING;

EID: 33751330700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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