Landing Mechanisms for Hopping Robots: Considerations and Prospects
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In this paper, several hopping robots for space applications are introduced and the importance of their landing mechanisms are highlighted. Such mechanisms are required for smooth touch down of the robots on an unknown surface of a celestial body, e.g., Mars, moon, asteroids and comets, which may be rocky like in Mars. It is essential that the kinetic energy of the robot module be absorbed while it lands on the new unknown surface. This paper elaborates on several considerations for the landing of hopping robots, and provides some useful directions for the suitable choice of such mechanisms.
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