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

拟议的SGER工作的目标是探索、开发和评估具有移动、动力、导航和通信能力的移动机器人的概念，使其能够在南极高原部署移动仪器网络，并可用于由类似地形组成的北极地区。拟议的研究重点是设计能够经济、高可靠性、对环境影响最小的机器人来部署这种网络。任务的目标是设计为全年运作的移动机器人，网络部署在夏季月份进行，数据收集在部署后和冬季月份开始，网络在第二年夏天返回基地或重新部署到新的地点。这些设计将可扩展，用于将小型(最多5公斤)仪器部署到大型(超过25公斤)的仪器设备。将构建单个机器人，并对基于移动机器人的磁通门磁强计部署进行评估。能够在南极高原上可靠、长期运行的移动机器人有可能通过仪器部署、测绘和为实地科学家提供便携、移动的电力来加强南极的科学研究。这项研究为各级学生提供了设计、建造和评估适合南极高原作业的机器人平台的培训机会

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