University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Mechanical (and Materials) Engineering -- Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Department Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research of 4-2014 TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE MODULAR ROBOT SYSTEM FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION S. G. M. Hossain University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/mechengdiss Part of the Applied Mechanics Commons, Electro-Mechanical Systems Commons, Other Astrophysics and Astronomy Commons, and the Robotics Commons Hossain, S. G. M., "TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE MODULAR ROBOT SYSTEM FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION" (2014). Mechanical (and Materials) Engineering -- Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research. 69. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/mechengdiss/69 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mechanical (and Materials) Engineering -- Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE MODULAR ROBOT SYSTEM FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION by S. G. M. Hossain A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Under the Supervision of Professor Carl A. Nelson Lincoln, Nebraska April, 2014 TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE MODULAR ROBOT SYSTEM FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION S. G. M. Hossain, Ph. D. University of Nebraska, 2014 Advisor: Carl A. Nelson This thesis investigates multiple perspectives of developing an unmanned robotic system suited for planetary terrains. In this case, the unmanned system consists of unit-modular robots.