Robotics and Automation for “Icebreaker”
The proposed “Icebreaker” mission is a return to the Mars polar latitudes first visited by the Phoenix mission in 2007–2008. Exploring and interrogating the shallow subsurface of Mars from the surface will require some form of excavation and penetration, with drilling being the most mature approach....
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crwiley:10.1002/rob.21487 2024-09-09T19:09:38+00:00 Robotics and Automation for “Icebreaker” Glass, B. J. Dave, A. McKay, C. P. Paulsen, G. NASA's Astrobiology Technology for Exploring Planets Astrobiology Instrument Development Programs 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.21487 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Frob.21487 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rob.21487 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Field Robotics volume 31, issue 1, page 192-205 ISSN 1556-4959 1556-4967 journal-article 2013 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21487 2024-07-11T04:34:27Z The proposed “Icebreaker” mission is a return to the Mars polar latitudes first visited by the Phoenix mission in 2007–2008. Exploring and interrogating the shallow subsurface of Mars from the surface will require some form of excavation and penetration, with drilling being the most mature approach. A series of 0.5–5 m automated rotary and rotary‐percussive drills developed over the past decade by NASA Ames and Honeybee Robotics provide the capability to fly on a Mars surface mission within the next decade. Surface robotics have been integrated for sample transfer to deck instruments, and the Icebreaker sample acquisition system has been tested successfully in Mars chambers and analog field sites to depths between 1 and 3 m, most recently in the Antarctic Dry Valleys in January of 2013. This paper provides a hardware and software systems overview of the Icebreaker sample acquisition system, and discusses test results of this robotic system in relevant environments. Test results from recent Arctic and Antarctic field campaigns demonstrate a hands‐off “dust to data” capability. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Wiley Online Library Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic Journal of Field Robotics 31 1 192 205 |
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The proposed “Icebreaker” mission is a return to the Mars polar latitudes first visited by the Phoenix mission in 2007–2008. Exploring and interrogating the shallow subsurface of Mars from the surface will require some form of excavation and penetration, with drilling being the most mature approach. A series of 0.5–5 m automated rotary and rotary‐percussive drills developed over the past decade by NASA Ames and Honeybee Robotics provide the capability to fly on a Mars surface mission within the next decade. Surface robotics have been integrated for sample transfer to deck instruments, and the Icebreaker sample acquisition system has been tested successfully in Mars chambers and analog field sites to depths between 1 and 3 m, most recently in the Antarctic Dry Valleys in January of 2013. This paper provides a hardware and software systems overview of the Icebreaker sample acquisition system, and discusses test results of this robotic system in relevant environments. Test results from recent Arctic and Antarctic field campaigns demonstrate a hands‐off “dust to data” capability. |
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