Lunar Rover Initiative Previous Designs


The objective a lunar mission has been alive since completion of Ambler (an Earth prototype of an autonomous walker for Mars). The early ideas of a Lava tube mission lead to a sixe legged frame walker. The current mission has prompted a series of (4 or 6) wheeled rovers. These designs and successful lunar rovers (LRV & Lunokhod) are pictorially summarized below:


Lunokhod
Daedalus
LRV
Ratler Analog
The Tea Cup
The Royal Flush
The Tank


Lunar Rover Initiative - lalit@ri.cmu.edu (last updated, April 1995)
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