Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads
by anotheryou on Thursday March 23, 2017 @06:50AM
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They didn't test against pointy embedded rocks, because there where few of those where the small rovers had been.
The main problem was the angle of the front and legs: if you drag a rolling suitcase up a curb it's all good, but when you try to push it up, you can generate forces much higher than the weight of the suitecase. Same happened to the rover.
The main problem was the angle of the front and legs: if you drag a rolling suitcase up a curb it's all good, but when you try to push it up, you can generate forces much higher than the weight of the suitecase. Same happened to the rover.