We are proposing a new planetary rover system called “SMC rover”. This system consists of one main body and some wheel units, which are detachable and able to work as child rovers, called “Uni-Rover”. Trial models of “Uni-Rover” and “SMC rover” have been designed. This paper explains the mechanisms of this rover, and also the results of basic experiments on locomotion, manipulation and transformation.


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    Title :

    SMC Rover: Planetary Rover with Transformable Wheels


    Contributors:
    Siciliano, Bruno (editor) / Dario, Paolo (editor) / Kawakami, A. (author) / Torii, A. (author) / Motomura, K. (author) / Hirose, S. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-06-30


    Size :

    9 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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