Helmholtz Association

Another step forward on the way to the ROBEX Moon-Analog-Mission on Mount Etna: subsystems were successfully tested

From 27th-29th June 2016 some system tests had been successfully carried out in the Robotics and Mechatronics Center at the DLR Oberpfaffenhofen. As part of the Moon-Analog-Mission it is to show that the robot LRU (Lightweight Rover Unit) is successful capable

  • to grab autonomously four seismometer instrument packages from the lunar lander
  • to place them consecutively in a basket on his back and
  • to lay them on the floor at specific sites for a seismic survey

The central operations, namely „Grasping“, „Manipulation“ and „Repositioning“ were demonstrated during the system test with the real robot interacting with various preliminary subsystems.

Published on: 07/07/2016