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Research/ ORBITAL ROBOTICS

'Hedgehog' Robots Hop, Tumble in Microgravity

Tony Greicius

Preprint 2015/Jan 1, 2015/ 2 citations

Space × Robotics

Technique

Surface Mobility & TerramechanicsOpenAlex topic: Robotic Locomotion and Control · Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & DockingOpenAlex keyword: tumbling · Multi-Robot & SwarmsOpenAlex topic: Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Indexed as

OpenAlexRobotic Locomotion and Control · Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics · Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Publisher OpenAlex

Hedgehog is a new concept for a robot that is specifically designed to overcome the challenges of traversing small solar system bodies.

Cite

@article{greicius2015hedgehog,
  title = {{'Hedgehog' Robots Hop, Tumble in Microgravity}},
  author = {Tony Greicius},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:undefined}
}

Why it's indexed

Classifier scores: space 8, robotics 6, AI 0. How this works

microgravitysolar systemrobot

Sources: openalex

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