Subsurface robotic exploration for geomorphology, astrobiology and mining during MINAR6 campaign, Boulby Mine, UK : part I (Rover development)

• Published in: International Journal of Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Mathanlal, Thasshwin, Bhardwaj, Anshuman, Vakkada Ramachandran, Abhilash, Zorzano, María-Paz, Martín-Torres, Javier, Cockell, Charles S., Paling, Sean, Edwards, Tom
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Cryosphere and Climate Change Research Group, University of Aberdeen.Geology and Geophysics
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: astrobiology; 3D-mapping; COTS; geomorphology; mining; Rover development; EARTH; EXOMARS ROVER; KINECT; RADIATION; MARTIAN SUBSURFACE; ORIGIN; METHANE; MARS; WATER; QE Geology; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Space and Planetary Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous); QE; Luleå
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2164/14177; https://doi.org/10.1017/s147355041900020x; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084403878&partnerID=8YFLogxK; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020IJAsB.19.110M; https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/subsurface-robotic-exploration-for-geomorphology-astrobiology-and-mining-during-minar6-campaign-boulby-mine-uk-part-i-rover-development/80F6C6B27B21E71801CB1C0DBFF63159

Acknowledgement. The authors of this paper would like to thank Kempe Foundation for its generous funding support to develop KORE, the workshop at the Teknikens Hus, Luleå, for their invaluable and unconditional support in helping with the fabrication of the Rover components and the organizers of the MINAR campaign comprising the UK Centre of Astrobiology, Dark Matter Research Facility and the Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL), UK. Peer reviewed