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[Project image] Robotic All Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover (Ratler)
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Head: Eric Krotkov
Contact: Reid Simmons (reids@cs.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Associated center: FRC

For more information, see this project's homepage.

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Project Description

Ratler, or Robotic All Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover, is about the size of a tractor mower, with four depth-sensing (or stereo) cameras mounted on a 1.5 meter mast. It is a battery-powered, four-wheeled, skid-steered vehicle, about 1.2 meters long and wide, with fifty centimeter diameter wheels. Unlike any other robot, Ratler's body is divided into halves that rotate against each other. This articulation enables all four wheels to maintain ground contact, even when crossing uneven terrain, which increases Ratler's ability to surmount terrain obstacles.

Past members

Name Title Email Address
John Bares Research Professor/Director of NREC bares@cs.cmu.edu
Fabio Cozman PhD Student, RI
Martial's personal homepage Martial Hebert Professor hebert@ri.cmu.edu
Lalitesh Katragadda Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric's personal homepage Eric Krotkov Courtesy Adjunct Faculty (Adjunct) krotkov@cytometrics.com
Reid's personal homepage Reid Simmons Research Prof/Assoc Dir Educ/PhD Chair, RI/CS reids@cs.cmu.edu
James Teza Senior Research Engineer jpt@cs.cmu.edu
William Red's personal homepage William Red L. Whittaker University Professor red@ri.cmu.edu

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