MOBILEROBOTS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS: LESSONSLEARNED FROM FIELDEXPERIMENTS

Mobile robots forharsh environments provide useful meansforautomating thecollection of research datainthefield byreducing humaninvolvement. MARVIN IIhasbeendesigned and constructed toautonomously collect radar measurements todetermine properties ofthepolar ice sheets. Thispaperdiscusses thelessons learned fromanumberoffield experiments withits predecessor MARVIN,andhowthese lessons influenced thenewdesign ofMARVINII.