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Auteurs principaux: Spiridonov, Alexander, Buehler, Fabio, Berclaz, Moriz, Schelbert, Valerio, Geurts, Jorit, Krasnova, Elena, Steinke, Emma, Toma, Jonas, Wuethrich, Joschua, Polat, Recep, Zimmermann, Wim, Arm, Philip, Rudin, Nikita, Kolvenbach, Hendrik, Hutter, Marco
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Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02831
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author Spiridonov, Alexander
Buehler, Fabio
Berclaz, Moriz
Schelbert, Valerio
Geurts, Jorit
Krasnova, Elena
Steinke, Emma
Toma, Jonas
Wuethrich, Joschua
Polat, Recep
Zimmermann, Wim
Arm, Philip
Rudin, Nikita
Kolvenbach, Hendrik
Hutter, Marco
author_facet Spiridonov, Alexander
Buehler, Fabio
Berclaz, Moriz
Schelbert, Valerio
Geurts, Jorit
Krasnova, Elena
Steinke, Emma
Toma, Jonas
Wuethrich, Joschua
Polat, Recep
Zimmermann, Wim
Arm, Philip
Rudin, Nikita
Kolvenbach, Hendrik
Hutter, Marco
contents We present SpaceHopper, a three-legged, small-scale robot designed for future mobile exploration of asteroids and moons. The robot weighs 5.2kg and has a body size of 245mm while using space-qualifiable components. Furthermore, SpaceHopper's design and controls make it well-adapted for investigating dynamic locomotion modes with extended flight-phases. Instead of gyroscopes or fly-wheels, the system uses its three legs to reorient the body during flight in preparation for landing. We control the leg motion for reorientation using Deep Reinforcement Learning policies. In a simulation of Ceres' gravity (0.029g), the robot can reliably jump to commanded positions up to 6m away. Our real-world experiments show that SpaceHopper can successfully reorient to a safe landing orientation within 9.7 degree inside a rotational gimbal and jump in a counterweight setup in Earth's gravity. Overall, we consider SpaceHopper an important step towards controlled jumping locomotion in low-gravity environments.
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spellingShingle SpaceHopper: A Small-Scale Legged Robot for Exploring Low-Gravity Celestial Bodies
Spiridonov, Alexander
Buehler, Fabio
Berclaz, Moriz
Schelbert, Valerio
Geurts, Jorit
Krasnova, Elena
Steinke, Emma
Toma, Jonas
Wuethrich, Joschua
Polat, Recep
Zimmermann, Wim
Arm, Philip
Rudin, Nikita
Kolvenbach, Hendrik
Hutter, Marco
Robotics
We present SpaceHopper, a three-legged, small-scale robot designed for future mobile exploration of asteroids and moons. The robot weighs 5.2kg and has a body size of 245mm while using space-qualifiable components. Furthermore, SpaceHopper's design and controls make it well-adapted for investigating dynamic locomotion modes with extended flight-phases. Instead of gyroscopes or fly-wheels, the system uses its three legs to reorient the body during flight in preparation for landing. We control the leg motion for reorientation using Deep Reinforcement Learning policies. In a simulation of Ceres' gravity (0.029g), the robot can reliably jump to commanded positions up to 6m away. Our real-world experiments show that SpaceHopper can successfully reorient to a safe landing orientation within 9.7 degree inside a rotational gimbal and jump in a counterweight setup in Earth's gravity. Overall, we consider SpaceHopper an important step towards controlled jumping locomotion in low-gravity environments.
title SpaceHopper: A Small-Scale Legged Robot for Exploring Low-Gravity Celestial Bodies
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02831