A biologically inspired robot for lunar In-Situ resource utilization

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5039-5044

  Dunker, Philip A ^a   Lewinger, William A ^a   Hunt, Alexander J ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS; BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED ROBOTS; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; IRREGULAR TERRAIN; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LONG TERM SETTLEMENT; LUNAR ROVERS; PROCESSING STATIONS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; OPTICAL RADAR; OXYGEN SUPPLY; ROBOTICS;

MOON;

EID: 76249096428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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