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

拟议的SGER努力的目标是探索、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概念，使其能够在南极高原部署移动仪器网络，并可在由类似地形组成的北极地区使用。提出的研究重点是设计能够经济地部署这种网络的机器人，具有高可靠性，并且对环境的影响最小。任务目标是为全年运行而设计的移动机器人，网络部署在夏季进行，部署后和整个冬季开始数据收集，网络在接下来的夏季返回基地或重新部署到新的位置。该设计将可扩展部署小型（最多5公斤）仪器到大型（大于25公斤）仪器。将构建并评估用于移动机器人磁通门磁强计部署的单个机器人。能够在南极高原上可靠、长期运行的移动机器人有潜力通过仪器部署、测绘和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。本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、建造和评估的培训机会

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