Mobility characterization of planetary rover in reduced gravity environment

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 969, Issue , 2008, Pages 769-775

  Kobayashi, Taizo ^a   Ochiai, Hidetoshi ^a   Yamakawa, Junya ^b   Aoki, Shigeru ^c   Matsui, Kai ^d   Miyahara, Akira ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^c SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lunar soil simulant; Planetary rover; Reduced gravity; Soil mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349216218     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2845042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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