which is originally developed as a R&D model of a Japanese space program, moon/mars surface exploration missions collaborating with ISAS/JAXA (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science / Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency). Since Micro6 is a research testbed, it is designed for the Earth's environment, e.g., gear ratio is set for 1G gravitational acceleration, atmosphere, temperature. However, Earth itself is just a planet in Space, Micro6 can be regarded as a surface explorer on the planet Earth.
In order to explore in unknown, unstructured environment with unmanned vehicles, we have been working on various technologies as follows.
Home of Micro6 Volcano Explorer
