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Martian planetary rovers encounter complex terrain, such as sand dunes, loose soil, rocky terrain, and sand traps, which pose a significant threat to mission success. The permanent immobilization of the Spirit rover due to a Martian sand trap and other similar events, such as the embedding of Opportunity while it was trying to traverse a sand dune, emphasizes the ineffectiveness of ground-based rescue attempts. Developing an autonomous extrication method that addresses these critical situations would help prevent such incidents from occurring in the future.
In class we are required to write a Grant Proposal to explain our project idea, research plan and describe
our preliminary testing procedure. Through this process we got to learn how to write a technical document and
describe our projects to someone completely unfamiliar in the field. See my Grant Proposal linked below.
Below is the document with all the notes I took on the articles I read to build a strong knowledge base in the field I'm researching. The file contains sources, graphs, summaries and follow-up references from over 20 scholarly works in the field of terramechanics.