ReachBot Field Tests in a Mojave Desert Lava Tube as a Martian Analog
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| author | Chen, Tony G. Di, Julia Newdick, Stephanie Lapotre, Mathieu Pavone, Marco Cutkosky, Mark R. |
| author_facet | Chen, Tony G. Di, Julia Newdick, Stephanie Lapotre, Mathieu Pavone, Marco Cutkosky, Mark R. |
| contents | ReachBot is a robot concept for the planetary exploration of caves and lava tubes, which are often inaccessible with traditional robot locomotion methods. It uses extendable booms as appendages, with grippers mounted at the end, to grasp irregular rock surfaces and traverse these difficult terrains. We have built a partial ReachBot prototype consisting of a single boom and gripper, mounted on a tripod. We present the details on the design and field test of this partial ReachBot prototype in a lava tube in the Mojave Desert. The technical requirements of the field testing, implementation details, and grasp performance results are discussed. The planning and preparation of the field test and lessons learned are also given. |
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| spellingShingle | ReachBot Field Tests in a Mojave Desert Lava Tube as a Martian Analog Chen, Tony G. Di, Julia Newdick, Stephanie Lapotre, Mathieu Pavone, Marco Cutkosky, Mark R. Robotics ReachBot is a robot concept for the planetary exploration of caves and lava tubes, which are often inaccessible with traditional robot locomotion methods. It uses extendable booms as appendages, with grippers mounted at the end, to grasp irregular rock surfaces and traverse these difficult terrains. We have built a partial ReachBot prototype consisting of a single boom and gripper, mounted on a tripod. We present the details on the design and field test of this partial ReachBot prototype in a lava tube in the Mojave Desert. The technical requirements of the field testing, implementation details, and grasp performance results are discussed. The planning and preparation of the field test and lessons learned are also given. |
| title | ReachBot Field Tests in a Mojave Desert Lava Tube as a Martian Analog |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15005 |