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FASTER

Forward Acquisition of Soil and Terrain for Exploration Rover

Forward Acquisition of Soil and Terrain for Exploration Rover

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In FASTER, a European consortium of six partners from four member states develops concepts and a demonstrator for an efficient in-situ acquisition of soil and terrain properties of the planned trajectory of a planetary exploration rover. This information will allow computing more reliable and exact trafficability estimations. It will help to make a planetary rover move faster and with less risk of being stuck in unexpected obstacles (like regions of soft sand). The main technical components of the FASTER system will be a light-weight portable soil sensor and a small all-terrain scout rover.

Partners

University of Surrey, UK Astrium UK, UK Space Application Services, BE Liquifer GmbH., AU Astri Polska, PL

Sponsors

EU - European Union

FP7-SPACE SPA.2011.2.1-02

EU - European Union

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Contact Person
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Vögele

Keyfacts

Downloads

FASTER-Flyer_en.pdf (pdf, 93 KB)

Images

© Roland Sonsalla, DFKI GmbH

FASTER Hauptrover (BRIDGET) und Scout Rover (Coyote II).

© Roland Sonsalla, DFKI GmbH

FASTER Scout Rover Coyote II mit voller Sensorausrüstung inklusive der von University of Surrey entwickelten Sensornutzlast.

© Roland Sonsalla, DFKI GmbH

CAD-Zeichnung von Coyote II mit Roversubsystemen.

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Publications about the project

Coyote III: Development of a Modular and highly Mobile Micro Rover

Roland Sonsalla; Joel Bessekon; Frank Kirchner

In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA-2015). ESA/Estec Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA-2015), 13th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, ESA, 5/2015.

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FP7 FASTER project - Demonstration of Multi-platform Operation for Safer Planetary Traverses

E. Allouis; R. Marc; J. Gancet; Y. Nevatia; F. Cantori; Roland Sonsalla; M. Fritsche; J. Machowinski; T. Vögele; F. Comin; W. Lewinger; B. Yeomans; C. Saaj; Y. Gao; J. Delfa; P. Weclewski; K. Skocki; B. Imhof; S. Ransom; L. Richter

In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA-2015). ESA/Estec Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA-2015), 13th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Netherlands, ESA, 5/2015.

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Scout Rover Applications for Forward Acqusition of Soil and Terrain Data

Roland Sonsalla; Mohammed Ahmed; Martin Fritsche; Joel Bessekon; Thomas Vögele

In: Proceedings of EPSC Abstracts. European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC-2014), European Planetary Science Congress, September 7-9, Cascais, Portugal, Portugal, Vol. Vol. 9, 9/2014.

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