Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize

John Walker; Nathan Britton; Kazuya Yoshida; Toshiro Shimizu; Louis Jerome Burtz; Alperen Pala

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_21

Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize

John Walker, Nathan Britton, Kazuya Yoshida, Toshiro Shimizu, Louis Jerome Burtz, Alperen Pala

ENG - Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Hakuto is developing a dual rover system for the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) and exploration of a potential lava tube skylight. We designed, built and tested two rovers and a lander interface in order to prove flight-readiness. The rover architecture was iterated over several prototype phases as an academic project, and then updated for flight-readiness using space-ready Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) parts and a program for qualifying terrestrial COTS parts as well as the overall system. We have successfully tested a robust rover architecture including controllers with performance orders of magnitude higher than currently available space-ready controllers. The test regime included component level radiation testing to 15.3 kilo-rads, integrated thermal vacuum testing to simulate the environments during the cruise phase and surface mission phases, integrated vibration testing to 10 Grms , and field testing. The overall development methodology of moving from a flexible architecture composed of inexpensive parts towards a single purpose architecture composed of qualified partswas successful and all components passed testing, with onlyminor changes required to flight model rovers required ahead of amid 2016 launch date.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Field and Service Robotics - Results of the 10th International Conference
Editors	David S. Wettergreen, Timothy D. Barfoot
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	313-330
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9783319277004
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_21
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	10th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, FSR 2015 - Toronto, Canada Duration: 2015 Jun 23 → 2015 Jun 26

Publication series

Name	Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
Volume	113
ISSN (Print)	1610-7438
ISSN (Electronic)	1610-742X

Other

Other	10th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, FSR 2015
Country	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	15/6/23 → 15/6/26

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

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Walker, J., Britton, N., Yoshida, K., Shimizu, T., Burtz, L. J., & Pala, A. (2016). Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize. In D. S. Wettergreen, & T. D. Barfoot (Eds.), Field and Service Robotics - Results of the 10th International Conference (pp. 313-330). (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics; Vol. 113). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_21

Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize. / Walker, John; Britton, Nathan; Yoshida, Kazuya; Shimizu, Toshiro; Burtz, Louis Jerome; Pala, Alperen.

Field and Service Robotics - Results of the 10th International Conference. ed. / David S. Wettergreen; Timothy D. Barfoot. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 313-330 (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics; Vol. 113).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Walker, J, Britton, N, Yoshida, K, Shimizu, T, Burtz, LJ & Pala, A 2016, Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize. in DS Wettergreen & TD Barfoot (eds), Field and Service Robotics - Results of the 10th International Conference. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol. 113, Springer Verlag, pp. 313-330, 10th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, FSR 2015, Toronto, Canada, 15/6/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_21

Walker J, Britton N, Yoshida K, Shimizu T, Burtz LJ, Pala A. Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize. In Wettergreen DS, Barfoot TD, editors, Field and Service Robotics - Results of the 10th International Conference. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 313-330. (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_21

Walker, John ; Britton, Nathan ; Yoshida, Kazuya ; Shimizu, Toshiro ; Burtz, Louis Jerome ; Pala, Alperen. / Update on the qualification of the hakuto micro-rover for the google lunar X-prize. Field and Service Robotics - Results of the 10th International Conference. editor / David S. Wettergreen ; Timothy D. Barfoot. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 313-330 (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics).

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