Abstract Purpose of Review With the continued interest in scientific space exploration and
rapid development of the commercialized space sector, there have been a wide array of …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the published literature on screw propulsion
for off-road vehicles and amphibious transportation, from its origins in the 18th century to the …

Exploring and navigating in extreme environments, such as caves, oceans, and planetary
bodies, are often too hazardous for humans, and as such, robots are possible surrogates …

This paper describes the end-to-end electro-mechanical design of EELS which is a novel
modular snake-like robot with active skin propulsion developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion …

JPL has developed a snake-like robot concept called Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor
(EELS) that applies a highly versatile mobility architecture and intelligent risk-aware …

To enable next generation robotic space exploration, innovations in the area of high step-
down voltage converters is necessary. This work explores the use of multilevel and hybrid …

Robot navigation within complex environments requires precise state estimation and
localization to ensure robust and safe operations. For ambulating mobile robots like robot …

In the solar system, Icy Worlds such as Europa and Enceladus hold great potential for
extraterrestrial life and may provide humanity an answer, within this century, to the age-old …

针对浅滩环境和水下狭窄空间的科研考察, 资源勘探等任务, 提出一种“腿-多矢量喷水”
复合驱动的小型两栖仿龟机器人. 通过研究“腿-多矢量喷水” 复合式驱动系统的运动机理 …

Robots “in-the-wild” encounter and must traverse widely varying terrain, ranging from solid
ground to granular materials like sand to full liquids. Numerous approaches exist, including …