Abstract
This paper describes design, manufacturing and testing of a small scaled robotic drilling and sampling system called RoSA. This project was launched by ESTEC in order to study the feasibility of a drilling rover in exobiological exploration on planets, especially Mars. RoSA is a tracked, tethered vehicle, which can drive in harsh off-road conditions. The payload of the rover is a drill with dimensions of 110×110×350mm. Despite of its size drill can drill down to 2 meters and sample totally 10 samples during one sample trip. The mission consists of three sample trips up to 15 meters away from the lander. After one trip the 10 samples are brought back to the lander.
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