SMC Rover: Planetary Rover with transformable wheels

Atsushi Kawakami; Akinori Torii; Kazuhiro Motomura; Shigeo Hirose

doi:10.11499/sicep.2002.0.35.0

SICE Annual Conference 2002

DOI https://doi.org/10.11499/sicep.2002.0.35.0

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Host: The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Co-host: IEEE/Industiral Electronic Society, IEEE/Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE/Control System Society

SMC Rover: Planetary Rover with transformable wheels

Atsushi Kawakami, Akinori Torii, Kazuhiro Motomura, Shigeo Hirose

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Keywords: Super-Mechano-Colony, Planetary Rover, Parent-Children type Rover

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Abstract

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.

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