Rover vertical dynamics: modeling and experimental validation

Vertical vibrations of a rover have been analysed to understand what disturbances a camera that has to be mounted on it is subject to. Work was done to identify the rover dynamic properties and to build numerical models representative of reality, that is, capable of providing realistic vibrations in the vertical plane as an output. The so called “full-vehicle model”, typical of vehicle dynamics, has been applied to the rover to get an estimate of the vibration modes and the response to the road. A multibody model has also been created: the results obtained through simulation were compared with those obtained experimentally to achieve the experimental validation.