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性、动力、导航和通信能力的移动的机器人的概念，这些机器人能够在南极高原部署移动的仪器网络，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地部署这种网络的机器人，具有高可靠性，对环境的影响最小。任务针对的是为全年运行而设计的移动的机器人，在夏季进行网络部署，在部署后和冬季开始收集数据，并在下一个夏季将网络返回基地或重新部署到新的地点。这些设计将可扩展，用于部署小型（最多5公斤）仪器到大型（大于25公斤）仪器。将为基于移动的机器人的磁通门磁力计部署构建和评估单个机器人。能够在南极高原长期可靠作业的移动的机器人有可能通过仪器部署、测绘和向实地科学家提供便携式移动的电力来加强南极洲的科学研究。这项研究为各级学生提供了设计、建造和评估适合在南极高原运行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