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Terrain Adaptive Navigation for planetary rovers

Journal of Field Robotics, 2009
AbstractThis paper describes the design, implementation, and experimental results of a navigation system for planetary rovers called Terrain Adaptive Navigation (TANav). This system was designed to enable greater access to and more robust operations within terrains of widely varying slippage.
Helmick, Daniel, Angelova, Anelia, Matthies, Larry   +2 more
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Cognitive Maps for Planetary Rovers

Autonomous Robots, 2001
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Spatial coverage planning for a planetary rover

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008
We are developing onboard planning and execution technologies to support the exploration and characterization of geological features by autonomous rovers. In order to generate high quality mission plans, an autonomous rover must reason about the relative importance of the observations it can perform.
Gaines, Daniel M., Estlin, Tara, Chouinard, Caroline   +2 more
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Intentional Control for Planetary Rover SRR

Advanced Robotics, 2008
We demonstrate the operation of the SODAS approach (Self-organized Ontogenetic Development of Autonomous Systems) for on-line processing of sensory inputs and onboard dynamic behavior tasking using SRR2K (Sample Return Rover) platform at the Planetary Robotics indoor facility of JPL.
Robert Kozma 0001, Terry Huntsberger, Hrand Aghazarian, Edward W. Tunstel, Roman Ilin, Walter J. Freeman   +5 more
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PRoViScout: a planetary scouting rover demonstrator

SPIE Proceedings, 2012
Mobile systems exploring Planetary surfaces in future will require more autonomy than today. The EU FP7-SPACE Project ProViScout (2010-2012) establishes the building blocks of such autonomous exploration systems in terms of robotics vision by a decision-based combination of navigation and scientific target selection, and integrates them into a ...
Gerhard Paar, Mark Woods, Christiane Gimkiewicz, Frédéric Labrosse, Alberto Medina, Laurence Gethyn Tyler, David Preston Barnes, Gerald Fritz, Konstantinos Kapellos   +8 more
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Fundamental considerations for the design of a planetary rover

Proceedings of 1995 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002
Outlines the fundamental considerations for a planetary rover. First, shapes which utilize limitless rotation such as wheels and crawlers, legged shapes, and articulated body shapes were compared, and it was found that the wheel type is currently the optimum for a planetary rover.
Shigeo Hirose, Naritoshi Ootsukasa, Takaya Shirasu, Hiroyuki Kuwahara, Kan Yoneda   +4 more
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Analysis of locomotion of a planetary rover on a slope

IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, 2004., 2005
For improvement of planetary rover locomotion, a new type of tracked vehicle was designed for planetary exploration based on the concept of reconfigurability. By applying the planetary wheel principle, the system can give output in different forms under various constraint conditions.
Xinyuan He, Shugen Ma, Bin Li 0001, Yuechao Wang, Changlong Ye 0001   +4 more
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A new localization algorithm for planetary rover

2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2007
In this paper, first of all, the existing localization algorithms of planetary rover are summarized. And then, the RCM (RSSI and Circle centre Mixed localization) Algorithm and its theoretical model, which mixed RSSI (Received Signal Strengt Indicator) Algorithm and the Circle of contact-Center Algorithm, are proposed based on the technology of ...
Hongbin Deng, Yunde Jia
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Ambler: an autonomous rover for planetary exploration

Computer, 1989
The authors are building a prototype legged rover, called the Ambler (loosely an acronym for autonomous mobile exploration robot) and testing it on full-scale, rugged terrain of the sort that might be encountered on the Martian surface. They present an overview of their research program, focusing on locomotion, perception, planning, and control.
John Bares, Martial Hebert, Takeo Kanade, Eric Krotkov, Tom M. Mitchell, Reid G. Simmons, William Whittaker   +6 more
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Active localization for planetary rovers

2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2016
This paper presents a path planning algorithm to reduce localization error by intelligently choosing a path that will result in low expected sensor errors. For example, Mars rovers can enhance localization accuracy by selectively driving over feature-rich terrain where visual odometry can be used.
Hiroka Inoue, Masahiro Ono, Sakurako Tamaki, Shuichi Adachi   +3 more
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