Investigation of Energy Harvesting Circuit Using a Capacitor-Sourced Buck Converter for a Tubular Linear Generator of a Moball: a Spherical Wind-Driven Exploration Robot

• Main Authors: Asama, Junichi, Burkhardt, Matthew R., Davoodi, Faranak, Burdick, Joel W.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEEE 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Titan
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/69441/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160804-105346232

Moball is a spherical wind-driven exploration robot intended for in-situ observation of scientifically important environments, such as Arctic, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Titan. Moball has three orthogonal linear generators/actuators to enable both the steering control and energy harvesting. This paper...