Kyushu University Faculty of Engineering
Kyushu University Faculty of Engineering
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部
出版者(英)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA/ISAS)
雑誌名
第16回アストロダイナミクスシンポジウム講演後刷り集 2006
雑誌名(英)
Proceedings of 16th Workshop on JAXA Astrodynamics and Flight Mechanics
This study deals with a multi-legged planetary exploration rover of isotropic shape. Since each leg consists of three-link mechanism, the rover can walk in the same manner as quadruped locomotion robots. The rover is also free from an overturning problem because of its isotropic leg arrangement. Two types of rovers are treated in this paper, one has six legs based on a regular octahedron and another has eight legs based on a regular hexahedron. Some basic performances of walking for the two shapes of rovers are compared, i.e. reachable range of each leg on a planetary surface and load for movement in the different direction.