Dynamic modeling and soil mechanics for path planning of the Mars Exploration Rovers

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2011, Pages 755-765

  Trease, Brian ^a   Arvidson, Raymond ^b   Lindemann, Randel ^a   Bennett, Keith ^b   Zhou, Feng ^b   Iagnemma, Karl ^c   Senatore, Carmine ^c   Van Dyke, Lauren ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIS; COMPUTER-BASED MODELS; DEFORMABLE SOIL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MAP; DROP TEST; HIGH RESOLUTION; LUNAR ROVERS; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER PROJECTS; MODELING SOFTWARES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; SOIL PROPERTY; TELEMETRY DATA; TERRAMECHANICS;

DESIGN; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOIL MECHANICS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 84863584506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-47896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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