The design of a mobile robot for instrument network deployment in Antarctica

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2111-2116

  Ray, Laura ^a   Price, Alexander ^a   Streeter, Alexander ^a   Denton, Daniel ^a   Lever, James H ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Mobile robot; Solar power

Indexed keywords

CUSTOM WHEELS; DRIVETRAIN MOUNTING COMPONENTS; SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS; SOLAR ROBOTS;

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846168123     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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