Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration

In the past decade, the wireline robot has received increasing attention due to the advantages of light weight, low cost, and flexibility compared to the traditional drilling instruments in space missions. For the lunar subsurface in situ exploration mission, we proposed a type of wireline robot nam...

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Main Authors: Weiwei Zhang, Shengyuan Jiang, Dewei Tang, Huazhi Chen, Jieneng Liang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1282791
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Shengyuan Jiang
Dewei Tang
Huazhi Chen
Jieneng Liang
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Jieneng Liang
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description In the past decade, the wireline robot has received increasing attention due to the advantages of light weight, low cost, and flexibility compared to the traditional drilling instruments in space missions. For the lunar subsurface in situ exploration mission, we proposed a type of wireline robot named IBR (Inchworm Boring Robot) drawing inspiration from the inchworm. Two auger tools are utilized to remove chips for IBR, which directly interacted with the lunar regolith in the drilling process. Therefore, for obtaining the tools drilling characteristics, the chips removal principle of IBR is analyzed and its drilling load model is further established based on the soil mechanical theory in this paper. And then the proposed theoretical drilling load model is experimentally validated. In addition, according to the theoretical drilling load model, this paper discusses the effect of the drilling parameters on the tools drilling moments and power consumption. These results imply a possible energy-efficient control strategy for IBR.
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spelling doaj-art-fe517de1ac4744d29a8ba5fd85874c852025-02-03T05:52:41ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742017-01-01201710.1155/2017/12827911282791Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface ExplorationWeiwei Zhang0Shengyuan Jiang1Dewei Tang2Huazhi Chen3Jieneng Liang4State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaIn the past decade, the wireline robot has received increasing attention due to the advantages of light weight, low cost, and flexibility compared to the traditional drilling instruments in space missions. For the lunar subsurface in situ exploration mission, we proposed a type of wireline robot named IBR (Inchworm Boring Robot) drawing inspiration from the inchworm. Two auger tools are utilized to remove chips for IBR, which directly interacted with the lunar regolith in the drilling process. Therefore, for obtaining the tools drilling characteristics, the chips removal principle of IBR is analyzed and its drilling load model is further established based on the soil mechanical theory in this paper. And then the proposed theoretical drilling load model is experimentally validated. In addition, according to the theoretical drilling load model, this paper discusses the effect of the drilling parameters on the tools drilling moments and power consumption. These results imply a possible energy-efficient control strategy for IBR.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1282791
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Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration
title_full Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration
title_fullStr Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration
title_full_unstemmed Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration
title_short Drilling Load Model of an Inchworm Boring Robot for Lunar Subsurface Exploration
title_sort drilling load model of an inchworm boring robot for lunar subsurface exploration
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1282791
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