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Terrain trafficability analysis and soil mechanical property identification for planetary rovers: A survey

This paper brings together vital information on terrain characterisation and examines methods of determining the properties of extraterrestrial soils for rover trafficability prediction. The importance of this work is as a trade-off study of existing and potential approaches, thus informing the design of soil sensors for future planetary rover missions. Indeed the work described here was a key component in the successful European Framework 7 grant bid FASTER. Moreover, the work has led to innovative design of new soil sensors such as a miniature dynamic plate loading device which is part of the FASTER FP7 project.