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The Katwijk beach planetary rover dataset [PDF]

The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2017
This paper describes a dataset collected along a 1 km section of beach near Katwijk, The Netherlands, which was populated with a collection of artificial rocks of varying sizes to emulate known rock size densities at current and potential Mars landing sites. First, a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle collected georeferenced images of the entire area.
Robert A. Hewitt, Evangelos Boukas, Martin Azkarate, Marco Pagnamenta, Joshua A. Marshall, Antonios Gasteratos, Gianfranco Visentin   +6 more
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Visual-LiDAR Odometry for Planetary Rover with Plane Constraints [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
In space exploration missions, planetary rovers require precise navigation to ensure operational safety and efficiency. This paper presents a novel visual-LiDAR odometry method designed specifically for planetary rovers, aiming to address the challenges ...
L. Zhang, R. Huang, R. Huang, Y. Xu, Y. Xu, Z. Ye, Z. Ye, C. Xiao, C. Xiao, X. Tong, X. Tong   +10 more
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Geometric Properties of Water-ice Clouds as Observed from Jezero Crater in the First 600 sols with the NavCam Instrument On Board the Mars2020 Rover, Perseverance

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
In the first 600 sols of the Mars2020 mission, L _S 5.6 ^o – 316.8 ^o , 46 cloud movies and 145 cloud surveys were collected to observe clouds at Jezero Crater, the landing site of the Perseverance Rover.
Priya Patel, Leslie Tamppari, Manuel de la Torre Juárez, Mark Lemmon, Andrew Coates, Michael Wolff, Daniel Toledo, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Geraint Jones, Charissa Campbell, John Moores, Justin Maki, Jacqueline Ryan   +12 more
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Wheel Design and Tension Analysis for the Tethered Axel Rover on Extreme Terrain [PDF]

, 2009
As the Mars Exploration rovers have reaffirmed, some of the most interesting sites for scientists to explore on planetary surfaces lie in terrains that are currently inaccessible to state-of-the art rovers.
Abad-Manterola, Pablo, Burdick, Joel, Cecava, Johanna, Nesnas, Issa A. D.   +3 more
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Absolute Navigation Information Estimation for Micro Planetary Rovers

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2016
This paper provides algorithms to estimate absolute navigation information, e.g., absolute attitude and position, by using low power, weight and volume Microelectromechanical Systems-type (MEMS) sensors that are suitable for micro planetary rovers ...
Muhammad Ilyas, Kuk Cho, Sangdeok Park, Seung-Ho Baeg   +3 more
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Terrain mapping for a walking planetary rover [PDF]

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 1994
Presents a terrain mapping system for walking robots that constructs quantitative models of surface geometry, The accuracy of the constructed maps enables safe, power-efficient locomotion over the natural, rugged terrain found on planetary surfaces. The mapping system acquires range images with a laser rangefinder, preprocesses and stores the images ...
Eric Krotkov, Regis Hoffman
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Efficient and Adaptive Autonomous Guidance and Control of Planetary Rover with Improved Traction Controller and Dynamic Cost Map

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Planetary exploration is rapidly gaining importance within the space research community. Autonomous locomotion of rovers requires consideration of several mobility aspects to ensure safety, including avoiding hazardous areas that can cause the robot to become immobilized in soft soil or damaged in sharp terrains.
Alessio De Luca, Luca Muratore, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Martín Azkarate   +3 more
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Path-Following Control of Wheeled Planetary Exploration Robots Moving on Deformable Rough Terrain

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
The control of planetary rovers, which are high performance mobile robots that move on deformable rough terrain, is a challenging problem. Taking lateral skid into account, this paper presents a rough terrain model and nonholonomic kinematics model for ...
Liang Ding, Hai-bo Gao, Zong-quan Deng, Zhijun Li, Ke-rui Xia, Guang-ren Duan   +5 more
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The Small Frontier: Trends Toward Miniaturization and the Future of Planetary Surface Rovers

Actuators
The robotic exploration of space began only five decades ago, and yet in the intervening years, a wide and diverse ecosystem of robotic explorers has been developed for this purpose. Such devices have greatly benefited from miniaturization trends and the
Carrington Chun, Faysal Chowdoury, Muhammad Hassan Tanveer, Sumit Chakravarty, David A. Guerra-Zubiaga   +4 more
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Embedding a Scheduler in Execution for a Planetary Rover

Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, 2018
Scheduling often takes place in the context of execution. This reality drives several key design decisions: (1) when to invoke (re) scheduling, (2) what to do when the scheduler is running, and (3) how to use the schedule to execute scheduled activities.
Wayne Chi, Steve A. Chien, Jagriti Agrawal, Gregg R. Rabideau, Edward Benowitz, Daniel M. Gaines, Elyse Fosse, Stephen Kuhn, James Biehl   +8 more
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