ENAE 788X
Planetary Surface Robotics
Fall, 2024

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

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 Schedule

#01 – Monday, Aug. 26 – Course Introduction/Syllabus and Term Projects [PDF: 10.5 Mb, 65 pgs.]

#02 – Wednesday, Aug. 28 – Free Space and Airless Body Mobility [PDF: 6.1 Mb, 59 pgs.]

#03 – Wednesday, Sept. 4 – Atmospheric Entry and Flight [PDF: 5.7 Mb, 55 pgs.]

#04 – Monday, Sept. 9 – Terramechanics 1: Rolling Resistance

#05 – Wednesday, Sept. 11 – Terramechanics 2: Traction

#06 – Wednesday, Sept. 11 – Steering and Suspension Systems Overview

#07 – Monday, Sept. 16 – Steering Forces/Slopes and Static Stability

#08 – Wednesday, Sept. 18 – Suspension Systems

#09 – Monday, Sept. 23 – Case Study: Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle

#10 – Wednesday, Sept. 25 – Case Study: MER/MSL Mars Rovers

#11 – Monday, Sept. 30 – Case Study: Lunar Mobility

#12 – Wednesday, Oct. 2 – Suspension Analysis

#13 – Monday, Oct. 7 – Introduction to Legged Locomotion Steering Forces/Flexible Wheels

#14 – Wednesday, Oct. 9 – Tracked Vehicles

#15 – Monday, Oct. 14 – Robotic Actuators

#16 – Wednesday, Oct. 16 – Sensors

#17 – Monday, Oct. 21 – Midterm draft of term projects due

#18 – Wednesday, Oct. 23 – Mobile Robot Kinematics

#19 – Monday, Oct. 28 –Bug Algorithms and Path Planning

#20 – Wednesday, Oct. 30 –

#21 – Monday, Nov. 4 – Introduction to Mapping

#22 – Wednesday, Nov. 6 –

#23 – Monday, Nov. 11 –

#24 – Wednesday, Nov. 13 – Roadmap Methods and Potential Fields

 #25 – Monday, Nov. 18 – Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

#26 – Wednesday, Nov. 20 – Case Study: Space Exploration Vehicles

#27 – Monday, Nov. 25 –

#28 – Monday, Dec. 2 –

#29 – Wednesday, Dec. 4 –

#30 – Monday, Dec. 9 – Final report on term projects due