Automated design of lightweight exploration rovers Slide 1> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 > Alexandre Carvalho Leite Bernd Schäfer
Scope Introduction Choice of suitable scenarios Optimization Results Conclusion and Outlook Slide 2> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Introduction Parts Configuration TerrainFinal design Slide 3> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Introduction Slide 4> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Choice of suitable scenarios Slide 5> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Choice of suitable scenarios REQ #001 REQ #002 REQ #003 REQ #004 REQ #005 REQ #006 REQ #007 REQ #008 REQ #009 REQ #010 Slide 6> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Choice of suitable scenarios REQ #001 REQ #002 REQ #003 REQ #004 REQ #005 REQ #006 REQ #007 REQ #008 REQ #009 REQ #010 The rover shall be capable to surmount rocks with a height up to 0.25m. This shall include rocks with a width larger than the wheel track. Average consumed power Travelled distance The rover designer acts here Slide 7> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Choice of suitable scenarios Objective functions 19 Scenarios 27 Objective functions evaluated 7 Scenarios 16 Objective functions evaluated Slide 8> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Optimization Slide 9> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Optimization Slide 10> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Optimization Slide 11> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Results Slide 12> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Results Slide 13> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Results Slide 14> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Conclusion and Outlook Scenario-oriented, distributed computation, optimization setup Synthesis and Metrics to evaluate suspension configurations Optimization of suspension configurations Mixed optimization of suspension configuration and geometry (parametric and structural simultaneously) Slide 15> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Conclusion and Outlook Slide 16> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
Acknowledgement Parts of the work on contact modeling development was performed in conjunction with the HGF alliance project "Planetary Evolution and Life" (HGF - "Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft der Großforschungsanstalten"). And parts of the work leading to the parameter estimation results and optimization have received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ ) under Grant Agreement no The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge the support by HGF and EC. Slide 17> Automated rover design > Alexandre C. Leite ASTRA 2013 >
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