Internet-based operations for the Mars Polar Lander mission -
PG Backes, KS Tso, JS Norris, GK Tharp, JT Slostad … - Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA'00. IEEE …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... on a macro in the sequence causes the Macro window to pop up, in which ... s position
and generating com- mands to image the sun or moons of Mars. ... dig a trench. ...

The Rocky 7 rover: a Mars sciencecraft prototype -
S Hayati, R Volpe, P Backes, J Balaram, R Welch, R … - Robotics and Automation, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... The peak power available on Mars using a solar panel ... the rover reports success and
completes the dig operation by ... a collision-free path, it gives up and sends ...

A prototype manipulation system for Mars rover science operations -
R Volpe, T Ohm, R Petras, R Welch, J Balaram, R … - Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1997. IROS'97., Proceedings …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... manipulation system be designed specifically for a Mars microrover. ... arm is deployed
to perform a dig, dump, grasp ... wheels, and close-up imager instrument canister ...

The Mars Surveyor'01 Rover and Robotic Arm -
RG Bonitz, TT Nguyen, WS Kim - Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... Power TBD 42W peak during heavy digging, 15W average ... used when necessary to bring
actuator temperatures up to 208K ... moves with respect to the Mars Surveyor 2001 ...

The Phoenix mission to Mars -
PH Smith - Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... Under nominal circumstances the ann can dig a trench up to a ... The science instruments
that Phoenix brings to Mars are chosen for their ability to analyze the ...

The Rocky 7 Mars rover prototype
R Volpe, J Balaram, T Ohm, R Ivlev - Intelligent Robots and Systems' 96, IROS 96, Proceedings of …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... 1 Introduction In 1996, NASA will launch the first of a series of spacecraft to
revisit the planet Mars. This Pathfinder? lander will contain the Microrover ...

[DOC] Why Go to Mars? -
G Zorpette - Scientific American. March 2000 - yosh4u.co.il
... bore several centimeters into rocks or dig a few ... depths, researchers will have to
bring up samples from ... kilometers down, before they can declare Mars dead or ...

Mars Surveyor'98 Lander MVACS robotic arm control system designconcepts -
RG Bonitz - Robotics and Automation, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... of subsystem designs that have been previously qualified on the Mars Pathfinder
program ... up to 170N force at the end- effector for digging with up to 800N ...

[PDF] Exobiological protocol and laboratory for the human exploration of Mars- Lessons from a Polar impact … -
CS Cockell, S Braham, B Clancey, P Lee, DSS Lim - American Astronautical Society Science and Technology Series, 2003 - homepage.mac.com
... would be on Mars, particularly in the suit-up and de-suiting ... certain instruments
for scientific activity on Mars, eg, the design of ... tools or digging implements ...
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Mars Polar Lander mission distributed operations -
PG Backes, KS Tso, JS Norris, GK Tharp, JT Slostad … - Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... the step which is uplinked to the lander to dig a trench ... http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
msp98/lander/. ... JPL Award for Excellence and 1998 Sole Runner-up NASA Soflware ...