Scalability Analysis of Legged Robots for Space Exploration

 

Until now, planetary exploration has largely been done by wheeled ground vehicles, which show limited mobility when it comes to unstructured terrain and sloped areas. Besides challenging surface conditions, the environment of low-gravity celestial bodies involve a unique set of unknowns, which an exploration robot has to handle. In order to overcome limitations of existing vehicles, research groups around the globe have started to exploit the possibility of applying legged systems for space exploration. . click here