The National Science Foundation operates stations on the ice sheets of Antarctica and
Greenland to investigate Earth's climate history, life in extreme environments, and the …

Definition: The terms" robotics in snow and ice" refers to robotic systems being studied,
developed, and used in areas where water can be found in its solid state. This specialized …

Large number of experimental studies and observations over the past 50 years, conducted
by the NNSTU staff, helped to gather the extensive information in fields related to the study …

This paper describes the design and fabrication of a low cost, battery-powered mobile robot
for ground penetrating radar surveys in support of Polar science and logistics. Key features …

A critical component of remote terrestrial and planetary exploration is understanding how
terrain properties affect rover mobility. Bekker theory has long been used successfully in this …

Lightweight robotic vehicles can be designed for over-snow mobility to carry out a variety of
snow and glacier related studies like carrying out ground penetrating radar and global …

This paper reports on a navigation method for the snow-removal robot called SnowEater.
The robot is designed to work autonomously within small areas (around 30 m2 or less) …

Autonomous vehicles driving on off-road terrain exhibit substantial variation in mobility
characteristics even when the terrain is horizontal and qualitatively homogeneous. This …

Variable diameter wheel mobile platform had been developed, which can meet to the
requirement of travelling on the complex terrain such as mountain, ditches, paddy field, dry …

Gas fuel powered hopping robot has great traverse obstacle ability, but its performance is
affected by ground mechanical properties greatly. For exploring ground influence on the …