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Author: | Tsai, Dorian |
Title: | Autonomous vision-based docking of the tethered axel rover for planetary exploration |
Publication type: | Master's thesis |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Pages: | (11) + 94 s. + liitt. 5 Language: eng |
Department/School: | Automaatio- ja systeemitekniikan laitos |
Main subject: | Automaatiotekniikka (AS-84) |
Supervisor: | Halme, Aarne ; Gustafsson, Thomas |
Instructor: | Ylikorpi, Tomi ; Nesnas, Issa A. D. |
OEVS: | Electronic archive copy is available via Aalto Thesis Database.
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Location: | P1 Ark Aalto 5419 | Archive |
Keywords: | vision-based docking mobile robots space robotics |
Abstract (eng): | Some of the most interesting scientific targets for future planetary exploration missions are located in terrain inaccessible to state-of-the-art rover technology, such as exposed impact craters and the Skylight holes on Mars. In order to explore this extreme terrain, the Axel rover has been proposed. It is a two-wheeled tethered robot capable of rappelling steep slopes and traversing rocky terrain. For untethered mobility between scientific targets, two Axel rovers combine and dock with a central module to form the DuAxel rover. Tele-operation of the docking and undocking process of the Axel rovers from the central module has been achieved, but it is a time-consuming process that must be accomplished autonomously for practical space operations. This master's thesis details the development of a vision-based algorithm to enable autonomous docking and undocking of the Axel rover to or from the DuAxel rover, following the anchoring of the central module. The algorithm was field tested in the JPL Mars Yard. The proof-of-concept algorithm was able to successfully dock 29 out of 40 tests that were designed to push the algorithm to its limits. The docking range is 5m- 6m and was tested successfully up to 40°, radially centered about the central module, with a relative heading of +-20° to the central module. Although many minor improvements can be made, there are no major challenges to the docking algorithm to demonstrate safe and reliable autonomous capabilities for missions in extreme terrain mobility and exploration. |
ED: | 2012-10-01 |
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