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Mar 17, 2022
Mier Hicks, Fernando; Buscicchio, Alessandro; Pailevanian, Torkom; Elsdon, Michael; Sirota, Allen; Aguilar, Eric; Brooks, Sawyer; Levine, Dan, 2022, "Electrical Ground Support Equipment for the Sampling Caching System of the Mars 2020 Rover", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/55955, IEEE Aerospace conference 2022, Big Sky, Montana, March 17-19, 2022, JPL Open Repository
In this work we describe in detail the architecture, design, testing and operation of the Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) “Blue Box” used to test and validate the Sampling Caching System (SCS) of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The Blue Box architecture is centered a... |
Mar 5, 2022
Levine, Dan S; Brown, Travis; Edelberg, Kyle; Ubellacker, Wyatt; Brooks, Sawyer; Assad, Chris; Wai, Dennis; Loret de Mola Lemus, Daniel; Biesiadecki, Jeff, 2022, "Ssdev-Ecat: A Configurable Motion Control Server for Mars 2020 Hardware Testbeds", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/55933, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2022, JPL Open Repository
We describe the design and implementation of a motion control server that proved crucial to the safe assembly and validation of Mars 2020 hardware in the absence of flight avionics. |
Mar 5, 2022
Townsend, Julie A; Klein, Douglas; Brooks, Sawyer, 2022, "Robotics Verification and Validation Strategies for Perseverance Rover Sampling and Caching", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/56007, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2022, JPL Open Repository
The Mars 2020 Sampling and Caching Subsystem(SCS) is the most complex robotic system ever fielded on a MarsRover. It includes a 5 degree-of-freedom Robotic Arm, coringdrill, gas Dust Removal Tool, interfaces for two turret-mountedinstruments, and an Adaptive Caching Assembly (ACA... |
Mar 5, 2022
Verma, Vandi; Hartman, Frank; Rankin, Arturo; Maimone, Mark; Del Sesto, Tyler; Toupet, Olivier; Graser, Evan; Myint, Steven; Davis, Kevin; Klein, Douglas; Koch, Justin; Brooks, Sawyer; Bailey, Philip; Justice, Heather; Dolci, Marco; Ono, Hiro, 2022, "First 210 solar days of Mars 2020 Perseverance Robotic Operations – Mobility, Robotic Arm, Sampling, and Helicopter", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/55049, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2022, JPL Open Repository
This paper includes the summary, lessonslearned, and upcoming plans for the first 210 Mars solar days(sols) of the mission. The focus of the paper is on roboticoperations which has the primary responsibility for strategicplanning, uplink commanding and downlink analysis forrover... |
Mar 5, 2022
Bailey, Philip; Klein, Douglas; Zorn, Torsten; Srinivasan, Thirupathi; Schaler, Ethan W.; Brooks, Sawyer; Beegle, Luther; Dolci, Marco; Hernandez, Christina; Sondheim, Michael; Kennedy, Megan R; Edgett, Kenneth, 2022, "Perseverance Rover’s Robotic Arm and Turret Mounted Instruments’ Surface Commissioning", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/55994, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2022, JPL Open Repository
The Robotic Arm (RA) on the Perseverance rover is an integral component of the Sampling and Caching System necessary for completing the science goals of the Mars 2020 mission. While the Perseverance rover was based on the Curiosity rover which landed in 2012, the Robotic Arm was... |
Mar 5, 2022
Brooks, Sawyer; Townsend, Julie; Collins, Curtis; Carsten, Joseph; Frost, Matthew; Reid, Jason; Robinson, Matthew; Warner, Antonia, 2022, "Docking the Mars 2020 Perseverance Robotic Arm", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/55995, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2022, JPL Open Repository
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover includes an innovative Sample Caching Subsystem (SCS). Two key features of SCS are the ability to collect and process rock and regolith samples for possible future return to Earth and the ability to switch between different types of drill bits for... |
Mar 5, 2022
Brooks, Sawyer; Litwin, Todd; Biesiadecki, Jeffrey; Abcouwer, Neil; Del Sesto, Tyler; McHenry, Michael; Myint, Steven; Twu, Philip; Wai, Dennis, 2022, "Testing Mars 2020 Flight Software and Hardware in the Surface System Development Environment", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/55983, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 5-12, 2022, JPL Open Repository
The Mars 2020 (M2020) Perseverance Rover is NASA's most advanced planetary rover mission to date. It includes a novel Sample Caching Subsystem (SCS) which will collect rock cores for possible future return to Earth, as well as an improved mobility system with enhanced autonomous... |
