Coyote II

High Mobile Micro Rover


Technical Details

Size: 850 x 516 x 415 mm
Weight: 9,2 kg 13,7 kg with soil sensor payload
Power supply:
Primary Battery: LiPo – 44.4 V; 2.1 Ah, Bus Voltages: 48 V, 12 V, 5 V
Speed: 0.65 m/s
Actuation/ Engine:
4-Wheel drive: Robodrive ILM 50x8 brushless dc-motor with Harmonic Drive gearing (100:1)
Sensors:
- Laser range finder: Hokuyo UTM-30XL
- Stereo camera: 2x AVT F33B (horizontal FoV: 118.6°)
- IMU: Xsrens MTi-300 AHRS
Communication:
Mobile access point: 2.4 GHz, 802.11n, Bluetooth (remote control)
On-board computer:
IntelCore i7-3517UE, 1.7 GHz
Struktur und Mechanismen:
Doppeldeckerstruktur basierend auf Sandwichplatten (Aramid + Arix), Fahrwerk: Passives Rollgelenk an Hinterachse, mechanisch abkippbare Hinterachse

Organisational Details

Sponsor: European Union
Grant number: Funded by the European Union FP7-SPACE SPA.2011.2.1-02 GA284419
Application Field: Space Robotics
Related Projects: FASTER
Forward Acquisition of Soil and Terrain data for Exploration Rover (11.2011- 11.2014)
Persim
Perception for resource identification and long-term environment representation with simulating capability (07.2022- 06.2024)
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System description

CAD drawing of Coyote II with rover subsystems
(Photo: Roland Sonsalla, DFKI)

Coyote II is a micro rover with high mobility performance in various terrains. Equipped with its own power source, on-board sensor suite and computer it is able to perform autonomous exploration tasks. The communication subsystem allows to cooperate with other systems and provides a link for remote control. Due to the robust structural design and powerful actuators, Coyote II is able to carry several kilograms (> 6 kg) of payload.

A special characteristic of Coyote II is its novel locomotion concept. It combines the high mobility performance of hybrid legged-wheels (in the front) with the smooth wheel movement of spherical helical wheels (in the rear). Therefore, the scout rover is able to move on soft soil as well as on unstructured terrain and can perform side-to-side steering movements. It is however, possible to mechanically tilt the rear axis in a horizontal position allowing to operate Coyote II with four equally shaped wheels in the front and rear.

Within the FASTER project Coyote II acts as scout rover with the aim to improve the mission safety and the effective traverse speed for planetary rover exploration. To avoid uncertain estimations concerning the trafficability of the areas to be explored, the scout rover provides suitable information on the terrain ahead of a primary exploration rover. To handle this task Coyote II is equipped with an additional soil sensor payload. This contains first, a Wheel-Leg Soil Interaction Observation (WLSIO) system and second, a motorized Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (mDCP). Both sensor systems are developed by Surrey Space Center.

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