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RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

Dec 21, 2015

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Page 1: RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

RLEP – Project Description

Page 2: RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

Needs

• Break hard soil

• Chip rock

• Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith)

• Weight

• Suggestions for specifications?

Page 3: RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

Spiral Design Model

Page 4: RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

Design Model

Page 5: RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

Where we are now

Semester Goals– Improve Mechanical Joints

• Base• Shoulder/Elbow• Linear Actuator

– Research Soil Properties• Devices to break soil• Incident Angle• Backhoe testing

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2nd Semester Goals

– Fulfill design goals– Redesign Current arm– Add force/power sensors

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Future Design Ideas

Page 8: RLEP – Project Description. Needs Break hard soil Chip rock Excavation (ie. Digging, removing regolith) Weight Suggestions for specifications?

Problem: Tip not easily replaced

might break

Flat, hammer like tipPoint

Cylinder with pointed edge, supports self from breaking off

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Counteracting break-force

Grab ground and hold self down

OR: pick up rocks and pile on rover in little

container that can be dumped