In the summer of 2004, the NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate conducted an open call for projects relevant to human and robotic exploration of the Earth-Moon and Mars systems. A project entitled 'Rough and Steep Terrain Lunar Surface Mobility' was submitted by JPL and accepted by NASA. The principal investigator of this project describes the robotic vehicle being developed for this effort, which includes six 'wheels-on-legs' so that it can roll efficiently on relatively smooth terrain but walk (using locked wheels as footpads) when "the going gets rough".


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    Title :

    Rough and Steep Terrain Lunar Surface Mobility


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Space 2005 ; 2005 ; Long Beach, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2005-08-30


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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