期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2011
语种：English
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：In the paper the design of the drill rod interfaces and their auxiliary mechanism (DRIAM) for space exploration systems is described. The DRIAM project is sub divided into 3 parts: the drill rod segment, the auxiliary mechanism, and the drill rod storage mechanism. This system is to be integrated into a Mars land rover. The short drill rod segments have locking mechanisms inside allowing them to lock to each other, thus forming a two-meter drill string. These rods are stored in a storage mechanism. The auxiliary mechanism translates segments between the storage mechanism and the drill string. The system has a total of five degrees-of-freedom: four active, where the auxiliary mechanism has three dof, and the storage mechanism has one, and one passive located in the drill rod segment activated by the auxiliary mechanism.
