The objective of this
project was to adapt the design of a robot that was originally created at
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center called the TETwalker, in a computer
simulation software program to demonstrate the collection of seismic data
of ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. We will take their design and
adapt it for seismic data collection by placing seismic sensors
(geophones) in each ground node of the tetrahedral structure, or in the
center node for deployment. Seismic methods are analyzed in order to
determine which design could possibly be more efficient and reliable in
polar environments in terms of geophone deployment and environmental
characteristics.
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