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Research and development of passive rocker suspension of planetary exploration rover

  • Zong Quan Deng*
  • , Suo Jun Li
  • , Hai Bo Gao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Suspension is a vital part of mobility system of planetary exploration rover, which has influence obviously on locomotion performance of planetary exploration rover. The suspension design is a key and hot point issue in the research on mobility system. Passive rocker suspension has lots of advantages and is used in planetary exploration widely. In this paper, the study on the passive rocker suspension both home and abroad is summarized; advantages and disadvantages of the suspensions are analyzed. The rocker-bogie suspension is presented in detail, design requirements and development tend of suspension are proposed in the last, in order to provide references and inspirations for development of suspension of the China's lunar rover.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1695-1700+1722
JournalYuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics
Volume29
Issue number6
StatePublished - Nov 2008

Keywords

  • Passive rocker suspension
  • Planetary exploration rover
  • Rocker-bogie suspension

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