Passive Actuation of a Planetary Rover to Assist Sandy Slope Traverse

dc.contributor.advisor	Miller, David
dc.contributor.author	Smith, Jeremy
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Chang, Kuang-Hua
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Gramoll, Kurt
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-25T20:05:38Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-25T20:05:38Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.date.manuscript	2016
dc.description.abstract	This thesis introduces the design of a novel locomotive methodology. The problem being addressed is the traverse of unmanned locomotion over sandy inclined traverses. This is a special terramechanical issue regarding terrain or regolith that is non-cohesive in nature. The method uses a planetary exploration rover, Solar Rover 2 as its base. The proposed solution methodology includes a passively-actuated leg aﬃxed to the rover to assist in slope traversal. Proposed physical implementations are designed and virtual representations are created, studied, and simulated in SolidWorks. This solution is justiﬁed through the use of a simulation designed in MATLAB.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/45409
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	design	en_US
dc.subject	simulation	en_US
dc.subject	terramechanics	en_US
dc.subject	robotics	en_US
dc.subject	engineering	en_US
dc.subject	mechanical	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Passive Actuation of a Planetary Rover to Assist Sandy Slope Traverse	en_US
ou.group	College of Engineering::School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering	en_US