SpaceHopper: A Small-Scale Legged Robot for Exploring Low-Gravity Celestial Bodies

A Spiridonov, F Buehler, M Berclaz, V Schelbert… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present SpaceHopper, a three-legged, small-scale robot designed for future mobile
exploration of asteroids and moons. The robot weighs 5.2 kg and has a body size of 245mm …

[PDF][PDF] Design and control of walking robots for planetary exploration

G Valsecchi - 2024 - research-collection.ethz.ch
This thesis investigates the use legged systems in the context of space exploration, an area
traditionally dominated by wheeled rovers. The advancement of legged robots for …