1A2-F18 FRPを利用した月面探査ローバのための弾性変形車輪の提案

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Lunar rovers are required to move on rough terrain such as in craters and cliffs where it is scientifically important to explore. Some researchers are developed locomotion systems to traverse surface. On convenient rovers, the large and heavy road wheel was used. However, it is difficult to use those because transportation system reduces just now. Therefore, the rovers are required size down. If the rovers are small, the performance is down. This study developed the elastic wheel which can get high performance to traverse soil. Elastic wheel can change its forms. The surface of the wheel changes flat toward the ground surface. Further, the stress between the wheel and soil is small. Elastic wheel is not easy to sink and slip at traversing soil. This paper focuses FPR material which has light weight and high hardness. Moreover, if the thick of FRP material becomes light, they have effect of elastic. Therefore, this paper proposes the wheel using FRP which can keep the effect of the elastic wheel developed by this study.
2009-05-25