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ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) is a six-legged robotic lunar rover under development by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). ATHLETE is a testbed for systems, and is designed for use on the Moon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= The ATHLETE Rover )〕 The system is in development along with NASA's Johnson and Ames Centers, Stanford University and Boeing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= The ATHLETE Rover )〕 ATHLETE is designed, for maximum efficiency, to be able to both roll and walk over a wide range of terrains.〔 ==Systems== The project aims to develop a multi-purpose system capable of docking or mating with special-purpose devices including refueling stations, excavation implements and/or special end effectors. The legs have 6 degrees of freedom〔 for generalized robotic manipulation. Each ATHLETE is intended to have a payload capacity of ,〔 in Earth's gravity with the capability of docking multiple ATHLETE vehicles together to support larger loads. The ATHLETE is much larger than robotic systems previously used and has a diameter of around and a reach of around .〔 Even with this larger size the project has allowed the facility for multiple units to be stowed and docked compactly for launch into an annular ring. This would mean that many vehicles can be efficiently stacked around a main payload on a single lander.〔 The six 6-DOF legs allow more capabilities than other robotic systems such as Sojourner or the Mars Exploration Rovers. These mean that the slopes it could climb would be up to 35° on solid surfaces and 25° on soft surfaces,〔 such as the soft deposits of dust found on the Moon. Plans are to develop the system's capability of travel over rougher terrain and to increase the speed of ATHLETE to per hour, 100 times faster than the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ATHLETE」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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