The International Society for Vehicle-Terrain Systems cordially invites you to attend an informal watch party for the landing of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover this week:
Where: ISTVS Discord Server » link to join » https://discord.gg/vbFVyPP8zH
Date: Thursday, Feb. 18
Time: Discord call channel open at 1:45 p.m. EST for 30 minutes of open chat.
NASA official coverage begins at 2:15 p.m. EST EST
Terramechanics plays a key role in planetary exploration. What makes planetary robotic exploration interesting to scientists also makes it challenging to an autonomous mobile ground vehicle. Unique and challenging terrain strongly affects the ability of the vehicle to move.
As an appetizer, and tapping the deep and broad experience of our Journal of Terramechanics, we invite you to take a look at these papers showing the relation of terramechanics to key elements for the success of a planetary exploration rover:
J.Y. Wong, Predicting the performances of rigid rover wheels on extraterrestrial surfaces based on test results obtained on earth, Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-61.
Mohamed-Rafik Bouguelia, Ramon Gonzalez, Karl Iagnemma, Stefan Byttner, Unsupervised classification of slip events for planetary exploration rovers, Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 73, 2017, Pages 95-106.
Ramon Gonzalez, Samuel Chandler, Dimi Apostolopoulos, Characterization of machine learning algorithms for slippage estimation in planetary exploration rovers, Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 82, 2019, Pages 23-34.
Hirotaka Suzuki, Kota Katsushima, Shingo Ozaki, Study on applicability of RFT to traveling analysis of wheel with grousers: Comparison with DEM analysis as a virtual test, Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 83, 2019, Pages 15-24.
Hiroaki Inotsume, Scott Moreland, Krzysztof Skonieczny, David Wettergreen, Parametric study and design guidelines for rigid wheels for planetary rovers, Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 85, 2019, Pages 39-57.
From NASA's official timing from: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-public-to-share-thrill-of-mars-perseverance-rover-landing:
NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events as the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover nears entry, descent, and landing on the Red Planet, with touchdown scheduled for approximately 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 18.
Live coverage and landing commentary from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California will begin at 2:15 p.m. on the NASA TV Public Channel and the agency’s website, as well as the NASA App, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, and THETA.TV.