TY - GEN
T1 - Unoccupied Aerial System Coring Drill Sampler Development for Applications on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies
AU - Chen, Colin
AU - Bywaters, Kathryn
AU - Zacny, Kris
AU - Traeden, Nicklaus
AU - Hamilton, Christopher W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) have become increasingly prevalent and accessible, making the technology transformative for scientific research as well as commercial, industrial, and military applications on Earth. Current and planned UAS missions to Mars and Titan—with Ingenuity and Dragonfly, respectively—further demonstrate the importance of UAS for planetary exploration. UAS have broadened access to traditionally difficult to reach terrain and are enabling new forms of exploration on Earth and other planetary bodies. To increase UAS geotechnical capabilities that extend beyond remote sensing to in situ sampling, we demonstrate a new UAS-based drill-sampling capability. The drilling platform is comprised of a lightweight rotary-percussive coring drill with a compliant mount to allow for sampling in varied and uneven terrain. This paper discusses the design of this drill-sampling system and its real-world applications in a variety of planetary analog environments.
AB - Unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) have become increasingly prevalent and accessible, making the technology transformative for scientific research as well as commercial, industrial, and military applications on Earth. Current and planned UAS missions to Mars and Titan—with Ingenuity and Dragonfly, respectively—further demonstrate the importance of UAS for planetary exploration. UAS have broadened access to traditionally difficult to reach terrain and are enabling new forms of exploration on Earth and other planetary bodies. To increase UAS geotechnical capabilities that extend beyond remote sensing to in situ sampling, we demonstrate a new UAS-based drill-sampling capability. The drilling platform is comprised of a lightweight rotary-percussive coring drill with a compliant mount to allow for sampling in varied and uneven terrain. This paper discusses the design of this drill-sampling system and its real-world applications in a variety of planetary analog environments.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784485736.030
DO - 10.1061/9780784485736.030
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85207858072
T3 - Earth and Space 2024: Engineering for Extreme Environments - Proceedings of the 19th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
SP - 321
EP - 331
BT - Earth and Space 2024
A2 - Malla, Ramesh B.
A2 - Littell, Justin D.
A2 - Krishnan, Sudarshan
A2 - Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf
A2 - Pradhananga, Nipesh
A2 - Lee, Seung Jae
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 19th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, Earth and Space 2024
Y2 - 15 April 2024 through 18 April 2024
ER -