This paper presents a novel algorithm that estimates energy consumption of exploration robots for the efficient mobility in natural terrain. The energy estimation method is beneficial to the energy management problem to establish the robot autonom...
TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 14(30) Pk_147-Pk_150 2016年
<p>We are planning to explore the caverns through the skylight holes on the Moon and Mars. The holes and their associated subsurface caverns are among the most important future exploration targets. The importance of the lunar and Martian hol...
SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration 8(4) 242-249 2015年7月 [査読有り]
Recently, planetary investigations have accumulated basic data through various aerospace explorations. However, the investigations of underground such as moonquakes, heat, and conditions of the soil have not revealed much. Therefore, the authors h...
Soft soils cover on planetary surfaces, so the wheels for exploration rovers easily slip. Understanding an interaction between a wheel and soft soils is important for a traction control to improve rover traversability. The interaction between the ...
Japan has decided to launch the second sample return mission "Hayabusa-2" to the Near Earth asteroid 1999JU3 in 2014. The predecessor spacecraft "Hayabusa" made a great success when it returned to the Earth in June 2010 with a capsule containing s...