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Design of a hammer-driven type robot(HDR) for planetary subsurface exploration

  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel hammer-driven type robot(HDR) for science-oriented investigations such as chemical composition, geothermal gradient, mechanical properties of regolith on the planetary subsurface. The HDR penetrating itself smoothly into the planetary regolith mainly depends on two aspects: one is the powerful energy storage ability and the other is the perfect energy delivery efficiency. In this paper, firstly, the energy distribution in HDR working process is discussed, and a separating design of the shell is proposed to improve the energy delivery efficiency. Secondly, the powerful energy storage mechanism is elaborately designed to achieve the perfect penetrating performance. Finally, the prototype of HDR is built and experiments are conducted on the testbed to validate its feasibility. Among those experiments, the HDR successfully penetrating itself into a maximum depth of 806mm in the simulant regolith(CUG-1A, relative compaction 49%), and demonstrate that it is feasible for HDR to make the borehole and carry out the planetary subsurface investigations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages252-257
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538637418
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2017
Event2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017 - Macau, China
Duration: 5 Dec 20178 Dec 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityMacau
Period5/12/178/12/17

Keywords

  • hammer-driven type robot
  • large energy storage
  • penetrating
  • planetary subsurface exploration

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