We explore several facets of lunar rovers relevant to the conduct of lunar mining. In particular, we suggest that subsurface mining for asteroidal material shall be necessary. Our end-to-end 30 kg Kapvik microrover prototype has served as a testbed for exploring these issues—terramechanics, vision, SLAM, path planning, onboard intelligence, and multi-rover deployment. We suggest that microrovers are fully functionally capable platforms for lunar ISRU, especially if employed as cooperative fleets.


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    Title :

    Some Key Explorations in Planetary Rover Autonomy for ISRU Roles on the Moon


    Contributors:
    Ellery, A. (author)

    Conference:

    18th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments ; 2022 ; Denver, Colorado


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2023-01-05




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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