Development of Grousers with a Tactile Sensor for Wheels of Lunar Exploration Rovers to Measure Sinkage

This paper presents a grouser developed for the wheels of lunar exploration rovers to measure sinkage. The wheels, which are intended to traverse loose soil such as lunar regolith, contain grousers that transfer thrust to the wheels and thus to the body of the rover. The interaction between the whee...

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Main Authors: Kojiro Iizuka, Tatsuya Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Yamano, Takashi Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/57361