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SMC Rover: Planetary Rover with Transformable Wheels

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Experimental Robotics VIII

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 5))

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We are proposing a new planetary rover system called “SMC rover”. This system consists of one main body and some wheel units, which are detachable and able to work as child rovers, called “Uni-Rover”. Trial models of “Uni-Rover” and “SMC rover” have been designed. This paper explains the mechanisms of this rover, and also the results of basic experiments on locomotion, manipulation and transformation.

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  1. Department of Mechano-Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oh-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan

    A. Kawakami, A. Torii, K. Motomura & S. Hirose

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione e Ingegneria Elettrica, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy

    Bruno Siciliano

  2. Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    Paolo Dario

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Kawakami, A., Torii, A., Motomura, K., Hirose, S. (2003). SMC Rover: Planetary Rover with Transformable Wheels. In: Siciliano, B., Dario, P. (eds) Experimental Robotics VIII. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36268-1_45

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