Designing an Efficient Excavator Bucket for Lunar ISRU: A Comparative Study with Vision-Based Fill and Displacement Analysis

arXiv:2609.25724 · cs.RO · Submitted 2026-09-22 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-22

Updated: 2026-09-22

Terminology

• Discrete Element Method — 3× in this paper
• Benchmarking — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Steering — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Energy Efficiency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Iterative Refinement — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Modularity — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Redundancy — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Modeling of Terrain Deformation by a Grouser Wheel for Lunar Rover Simulation
• Advance Simulation Method for Wheel-Terrain Interactions of Space Rovers: A Case Study on the UAE Rashid Rover
• Modularity for lunar exploration: European Moon Rover System Pre-Phase A Design and Field Test Campaign Results

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