Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot

Jumping is a viable form of locomotion for lunar surface exploration. However, due to the limited research on the coupling between jumping robots and the lunar surface, applying jumping robots for lunar surface detection remains challenging. Aiming at the load index of 5 kPa for the lunar surface de...

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Main Author: YAN He, ZHU Xingyue, HOU Zhangli, WANG Weijun, ZHANG Zhinan
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Published: Editorial Office of Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2025-08-01
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description Jumping is a viable form of locomotion for lunar surface exploration. However, due to the limited research on the coupling between jumping robots and the lunar surface, applying jumping robots for lunar surface detection remains challenging. Aiming at the load index of 5 kPa for the lunar surface detector, a new energy storage leg configuration of a jumping robot was proposed to realize low load jump with variable initial velocity and direction during take-off. The parameters of energy storage element were optimized to realize near-constant force take-off of the robot, which was validated in a dynamic simulation environment. To enable accurate jumps on the surface of the moon, a lunar soil mechanical property model considering damping characteristics was proposed, a discrete element simulation environment was built to determine the mechanical parameters, with a jumping dynamics model of the lunar surface robot established to verify the model accuracy through discrete element dynamics coupling simulation. Based on this dynamic model, two motion planning algorithms are implemented, confirming the application of the model.
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spelling doaj-art-3a684a4dcaeb4befb9e4631c6fb2177d2025-08-26T09:29:34ZzhoEditorial Office of Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao1006-24672025-08-015981169118010.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2023.646Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping RobotYAN He, ZHU Xingyue, HOU Zhangli, WANG Weijun, ZHANG Zhinan0 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; 2. Shanghai Institute of Aerospace System Engineering, Shanghai 201109, ChinaJumping is a viable form of locomotion for lunar surface exploration. However, due to the limited research on the coupling between jumping robots and the lunar surface, applying jumping robots for lunar surface detection remains challenging. Aiming at the load index of 5 kPa for the lunar surface detector, a new energy storage leg configuration of a jumping robot was proposed to realize low load jump with variable initial velocity and direction during take-off. The parameters of energy storage element were optimized to realize near-constant force take-off of the robot, which was validated in a dynamic simulation environment. To enable accurate jumps on the surface of the moon, a lunar soil mechanical property model considering damping characteristics was proposed, a discrete element simulation environment was built to determine the mechanical parameters, with a jumping dynamics model of the lunar surface robot established to verify the model accuracy through discrete element dynamics coupling simulation. Based on this dynamic model, two motion planning algorithms are implemented, confirming the application of the model.https://xuebao.sjtu.edu.cn/article/2025/1006-2467/1006-2467-59-8-1169.shtmllunar surface detectionjumping robotmechanical properties of lunar soildynamic modeldiscrete element simulation
spellingShingle YAN He, ZHU Xingyue, HOU Zhangli, WANG Weijun, ZHANG Zhinan
Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot
Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao
lunar surface detection
jumping robot
mechanical properties of lunar soil
dynamic model
discrete element simulation
title Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot
title_full Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot
title_fullStr Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot
title_full_unstemmed Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot
title_short Design and Motion Modeling of a Small-Scale Lunar Jumping Robot
title_sort design and motion modeling of a small scale lunar jumping robot
topic lunar surface detection
jumping robot
mechanical properties of lunar soil
dynamic model
discrete element simulation
url https://xuebao.sjtu.edu.cn/article/2025/1006-2467/1006-2467-59-8-1169.shtml
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