Dynamics and Control of a Hopping Robot for Extreme Environment Exploration on the Moon and Mars

Physics & Astronomy

• robots 87%
• moon 85%
• mars 83%
• caves 80%
• ballistics 51%
• communication 43%
• microgravity 39%
• hard landing 37%
• Mars environment 34%
• supersonic low altitude missile 33%
• primary batteries 32%
• trajectory planning 31%
• voids 30%
• micrometeorites 29%
• control simulation 28%
• soft landing 28%
• lava 28%
• electronics 27%
• planetary surfaces 26%
• lunar surface 25%
• commands 22%
• navigation 21%
• imagery 21%
• relay 21%
• fuel cells 20%
• transmitter receivers 20%
• traction 20%
• propellants 20%
• propulsion 19%
• power supplies 18%
• electric batteries 18%
• entrances 17%
• grade 17%
• lithium 15%
• platforms 14%
• actuators 14%
• cameras 13%
• tubes 12%
• orbitals 12%
• sensors 10%
• high resolution 10%
• temperature 10%
• radiation 9%
• ions 8%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Caves 100%
• Moon 82%
• Ballistics 77%
• Electronic equipment 59%
• Landing 47%
• Robots 45%
• Gravitation 41%
• Primary batteries 38%
• Thermal management (electronics) 34%
• Radio transceivers 34%
• Battery Pack 28%
• Data handling 28%
• Lithium 26%
• Power management 25%
• Propellants 25%
• Communication 23%
• Temperature control 22%
• Motion planning 22%
• Ions 21%
• Telecommunication links 21%
• Propulsion 21%
• Fuel cells 21%
• Global positioning system 20%
• Temperature 18%
• Radiation 18%
• Navigation 18%
• Actuators 17%
• Cameras 16%
• Control systems 14%
• Testing 12%
• Sensors 12%
• Costs 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Moon 69%
• Mars 65%
• cave 39%
• electronics 35%
• communication 32%
• battery 28%
• void 26%
• lava tube 21%
• micrometeorite 20%
• gravity 20%
• planetary surface 19%
• propellant 17%
• fuel cell 15%
• lithium 15%
• control system 13%
• shield 13%
• navigation 13%
• radio 12%
• GPS 11%
• imagery 11%
• temperature 10%
• radiation 10%
• sensor 9%
• science 9%
• ion 8%
• planning 8%
• cost 7%
• simulation 6%