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

• Published in: 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
• Main Authors: Asama, Junichi, Burkhardt, Matthew R., Davoodi, Faranak, Burdick, Joel W.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEEE 2015
• Subjects: Energy Harvesting; Linear Generator; Buck Converter; Spherical Robot; Moball; Arctic; Titan
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310104

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 p...