Novelty search for soft robotic space exploration

G Methenitis, D Hennes, D Izzo, A Visser - Proceedings of the 2015 …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
The use of soft robots in future space exploration is still a far-fetched idea, but an attractive
one. Soft robots are inherently compliant mechanisms that are well suited for locomotion on …

Scalability analysis of legged robots for space exploration

H Kolvenbach, M Breitenstein… - Unlocking …, 2018 - research-collection.ethz.ch
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 …

Martian lava tube exploration using jumping legged robots: A concept study

JA Olsen, K Alexis - arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.14876, 2023 - arxiv.org
In recent years, robotic exploration has become increasingly important in planetary
exploration. One area of particular interest for exploration is Martian lava tubes, which have …

[PDF][PDF] Quadrupedal robots for planetary exploration

H Kolvenbach - The-sis, ETH Zurich, 2021 - researchgate.net
So far, mobile, robotic exploration of celestial bodies has been performed solely with
wheeled systems, making access to highly unstructured, compressible, and sloped areas …

[PDF][PDF] SCALABILITY ANALYSIS OF LEGGED ROBOTS FOR SPACE EXPLORATION

C Gehring - 2017 - researchgate.net
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 …