The Design of Lunar Rover Working Procedure Based on Modulization

摘要

As the Chinese Rover of the extraterrestrial surface, the lunar rover is called Jade rabbit. Jade rabbit 1 and 2 separately carry out patrol and exploration on the nearside and farside of the lunar surface. Jade rabbit is obviously different from the traditional spacecraft in the working procedure, which has the characteristics of non-structural lunar environment, un-predictable targets of exploration, no-limitation time sequence and etc. This paper analyzes the working characteristics of the lunar rover and the mission of the exploration. And according to the modular design idea, the working procedure is designed into nine working modes, such as perception mode, locomotion mode, exploration mode, charging mode, sleep mode, eclipse mode and etc. The rover's patrol and exploration on the lunar surface have been realized through the combination of these nine working modes. In the first two months, Jade rabbit 1 and Jade rabbit 2 had traversed 118.9 m and 120 m separately.