Towards a Heterogeneous Modular Robotic Team in a Logistics Chain for Extended Extraterrestrial Exploration

Future extraterrestrial exploration missions ask for robotic systems able to handle tasks with increasing complexity. A reference mission within Amundsen crater near the lunar south pole for volatiles and rogolith analysis is outlined in this paper. The focus is on implementing a logistics chain introducing various heterogeneous mobile and immobile robotic systems. Within this context the robot cooperation as well as communication architecture is outlined. The reference mission serves as base line for later field trials. Furthermore, an overview is given on the robots to be used within the terrestrial test campaign.