Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover

Human-assistance rovers have a broad prospect in the field of space robotics, as a significant number of organizations and researchers have been investing in the design and development of sophisticated rovers for planetary exploration. In order to promote research and development in the design of ne...

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Main Authors: Akib Zaman, Mohammad Shahjahan Majib, Shoeb Ahmed Tanjim, Shah Md. Ahasan Siddique, Fardeen Ashraf, Shafayetul Islam, Abu Hena Md. Maruf Morshed, Shadman Tajwar Shahid, Ishraq Hasan, Oliullah Samir, Safwan Shafquat, Naim Ibna Khadem Al Bhuyain, Asif Mahmud Rayhan, Md. Mushfik Ul Islam, Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Md. Mahbubur Rahman
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Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
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author Akib Zaman
Mohammad Shahjahan Majib
Shoeb Ahmed Tanjim
Shah Md. Ahasan Siddique
Fardeen Ashraf
Shafayetul Islam
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Shadman Tajwar Shahid
Ishraq Hasan
Oliullah Samir
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Naim Ibna Khadem Al Bhuyain
Asif Mahmud Rayhan
Md. Mushfik Ul Islam
Md. Akhtaruzzaman
Md. Mahbubur Rahman
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Ishraq Hasan
Oliullah Samir
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description Human-assistance rovers have a broad prospect in the field of space robotics, as a significant number of organizations and researchers have been investing in the design and development of sophisticated rovers for planetary exploration. In order to promote research and development in the design of next-generation MARS rovers, an annual University Rover Challenge (URC) is hosted by the MARS Society in the United States. In this study, we highlight the design and development process of several novel subsystems of a human-assistance planetary exploration rover and their successive integration in the prototype named PHOENIX, which is a rover that participated in the URC 2021. First, a detailed requirement elicitation has been conducted, for designing a conceptual framework for a rover capable of planetary exploration. Secondly, the design and development process has been detailed for five basic subsystems (power, communication, primary-manipulator, chassis with drive, processing) and two mission-specific subsystems (scientific exploration and autonomous navigation), as well as their successive integration into the rover. Afterwards, a detailed evaluation study has been conducted in order to validate the performance of the developed system. Terrain traversability, autonomy in navigation, and sophisticated task execution capabilities have been evaluated individually within this study. Additionally, the capability of the rover in detecting bio-signatures from soil samples using a novel Multiple Bio-molecular Rapid Life Detection (MBLDP-R) protocol has also been evaluated. The developed scientific exploration subsystem is capable of detecting the presence of life from soil samples with a 92% success rate, and from rock samples with a success rate of 93.33%.
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spellingShingle Akib Zaman
Mohammad Shahjahan Majib
Shoeb Ahmed Tanjim
Shah Md. Ahasan Siddique
Fardeen Ashraf
Shafayetul Islam
Abu Hena Md. Maruf Morshed
Shadman Tajwar Shahid
Ishraq Hasan
Oliullah Samir
Safwan Shafquat
Naim Ibna Khadem Al Bhuyain
Asif Mahmud Rayhan
Md. Mushfik Ul Islam
Md. Akhtaruzzaman
Md. Mahbubur Rahman
Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover
IEEE Access
Human assistant rover
autonomous navigation
equipment servicing
terrain traversal
planetary exploration
life detection
title Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover
title_full Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover
title_fullStr Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover
title_full_unstemmed Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover
title_short Phoenix: Towards Designing and Developing a Human Assistant Rover
title_sort phoenix towards designing and developing a human assistant rover
topic Human assistant rover
autonomous navigation
equipment servicing
terrain traversal
planetary exploration
life detection
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9764737/
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