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Lunar or planetary exploration missions including landers and rovers have been earnestly under study in Japan. One of the main missions for lunar robotics exploration is to demonstrate the technologies for lunar or planetary surface exploration, which will cover landing technology and surface exploration rover technology. Lunar geologic survey will be also performed for utilization and scientific...
Subsurface exploration on the Moon is a significant mission for future space developments. The authors have studied an autonomous robotic explorer which can burrow into the soils. This paper focuses especially on the excavation mechanism of a burrowing robot for near-future lunar subsurface exploration. The main objective of the proposed robot is to bury a scientific observation instrument, such as...
In future planetary exploration missions, rovers are required to traverse over very rough terrain. Regolith, the soil that covers the Moon's surface, is easy to slide, causing rovers running on it get stuck. Some researchers have studied the mobility system for rovers. However the optimal and robust mobility systems have not been developed yet. For avoiding stuck-up, this paper proposes a new wheel...
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