MARS-DW

Martian dust wiper

Main researcher: L. Moreno

IMG_2023

Description

The objective of the project was to develop an extremely light wheight mechanism able to maintain free of dust the surface of a set of UV sensor to operate in Mars. The actuation mechanism is based in a SMA wire and the whole UV measurement equipment has a total weight below 100 grams.

The thermal operation conditions comes from -130 degrees to 30 degrees.

Entries:
Integrated system of assisted mechatronic design for oriented computer to automatic optimising of structure of service robots (SIDEMAR)
Analysis of the direct and inverse kinematics of ROMA II robot. 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (Clawar'05), London, UK
A. Gimenez A. Jardon

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