The Hunveyor Space Probe
• Frame, mechanics
The frame uses the construction of well known Surveyors, which successfully
landed on the Moon in the l966-1968 years five times. It has a truncated
tetrahedral pyramid skeleton- Legs stretch out from this truncated pyramid
vortices and stand on discs. We made the skeletal framework from red-copper
tubes with 12 millimeters in diameter. We used copper tubes in order to
be able to attach frame-elements by soldering.
• Main modul
Subsystems
• Power Subsystem
• Scientific Experiment
Camera
In the first level we used televison camera with mirror like as we
learned in Surveyors, but in the second level we plan to replace it by
CCD receptors. In the Surveyor-like system a mirror is rotated above the
fixed TV camera and mirror rotation projects the imeges in defferent directions
towrd the optical system. Mirror motion can be directed by even on the
zero level ROBOT EVOLUTION system with two motors.
Robotic Arms
For the first time Surveyor 3 took such telescopic arm to carry out
measurements on the surface soil. We plan using such arm on Hunveyor too.
First because we may direct it by the ROBOT EVOLUTION motors on zero level
construction and we can develop it with different mechanical operations
on first and second level construction.
• The Rover
ROVER MOVES, MAKES STEREO PICTURES ABOUT ROCKS
Encouraged by the success of Pathfinder a group of colleagues and students
made plans and builds now a rover, which moves to and fro between rock
types and makes stereo pairs of photos to measure distances. This experiment
is described in another paper, here mentioned because it forms part of
the operations with Hunveyor on internet. Another group developed 3D camera
using red and green filters, and mirror duplicated color pictures. The
wireless communication was our next step in communivation developments
of Hunveyor. First we built an IR communication. The distance between Hunveyor
lander and the main server was maximum 10-15 meter. The planned rover moves
in the vicinity of Hunveyor, but not a longer distance. (Next generation
will be the radio communication.)
Communication between Hunveyor and Direction Computer
Server
Client Computers
Internet Web site