ENAE 788X
Planetary Surface Robotics
Fall, 2016

  Space Systems Laboratory - Department of Aerospace Engineering - University of Maryland

 

#01 - Tuesday, Aug. 30 - Course Introduction [PDF]

#02 - Thursday, Sept. 1 Airless Body Mobility [PDF]

#03 - Tuesday, Sept. 6 Atmospheric Flight [PDF]

#04 - Thursday, Sept. 8 - MER/MSL case studies [PDF]

#05 - Tuesday, Sept. 20 - Terramechanics 1 [PDF]

#06 - Tuesday, Sept. 27 - Terramechanics 2 [PDF]

#07 - Thursday, Sept. 29 - Steering and Suspensions [PDF]

#08 - Tuesday, Oct. 4 - Grousers [PDF]; Lunar Roving Vehicle case study [PDF]

#09 - Thursday, Oct. 6 - Slopes and Static Stability [PDF]

#10 - Tuesday, Oct. 11 - Multiwheel Systems [PDF]

#11 - Thursday, Oct 13 - Steering and Tracks [PDF]

#12 - Tuesday, Oct. 18 - Actuators and Gearing [PDF]

#13 - Thursday, Oct. 20 - Mid-Term Project Review; Sensors for Actuators [PDF]

#14 - Tuesday, Oct. 25 - Introduction to Legged Locomotion [PDF]

#15 - Thursday, Oct. 27 - Lunar Mobility [PDF]

#16 - Tuesday, Nov. 1 - Sensors/Path Planning

#17 - Thursday, Nov. 3 - Path Planning/Potential Fields

#18 - Tuesday, Nov. 8 - Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

#19 - Tuesday, Nov. 15 - Robotic Software Architectures

#20 - Thursday, Nov. 17 - NASA Robots in Depth

#21 - Tuesday, Nov. 29 - Human-Computer Interaction/Human-Robot Interaction

#22 - Thursday, Dec - Term Project Expectations/Case Study: Past Term Project [PDF]