SGER: Cool Robots: Scalable Mobile Robots for Instrument Network Deployment in Polar Climates

SGER：酷机器人：用于极地气候下仪器网络部署的可扩展移动机器人

• 批准号: 0343328
• 负责人: Laura Ray
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Dartmouth College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-15 至 2005-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0343328&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Cool; Robots; Scalable; Mobile

The objective of the proposed SGER effort is to explore, develop, and evaluate concepts for mobile robots with mobility, power, navigation, and communication capabilities that enable deployment of mobile instrument networks on the Antarctic plateau and that can be used in Arctic regions comprised of similar terrain. The proposed research focuses on the design of robots that can deploy such networks economically, with high reliability, and with minimal environmental impact. Tasks target mobile robots designed for year-round operation, with network deployment occurring during summer months, data collection initiated after deployment and through winter months, and the network returning to base or redeployed to new locations during the following summer. The designs will be scalable for deployment of small (up to five kg) instruments to large (greater than 25 kg) sets of instrumentation. A single robot will be constructed and evaluated for mobile robot-based fluxgate magnetometer deployment. Mobile robots capable of reliable, long-term operation on the Antarctic plateau have the potential to enhance scientific research in Antarctica through instrument deployment, mapping, and providing portable, mobile power to field scientists. This research offers training opportunities for students at all levels in the design, construction, and evaluation of robot platforms suitable for operation on the Antarctic plateau

拟议的 SGER 工作的目标是探索、开发和评估具有移动性、动力、导航和通信能力的移动机器人的概念，这些能力能够在南极高原上部署移动仪器网络，并可用于由以下地区组成的北极地区：相似的地形。拟议的研究重点是设计能够经济地部署此类网络、可靠性高且对环境影响最小的机器人。任务针对设计用于全年运行的移动机器人，网络部署在夏季进行，部署后和冬季开始数据收集，并在接下来的夏季将网络返回基地或重新部署到新地点。该设计可扩展，适用于小型（最多 5 公斤）仪器到大型（大于 25 公斤）仪器的部署。将构建和评估单个机器人，以用于基于移动机器人的磁通门磁力计部署。能够在南极高原可靠、长期运行的移动机器人有潜力通过仪器部署、测绘以及为实地科学家提供便携式移动电源来加强南极洲的科学研究。该研究为各级学生提供了适合南极高原作业的机器人平台的设计、建造和评估方面的培训机会