Purpose Knowledge management for space exploration is part of a multi-generational effort. Each mission builds on knowledge from prior missions, and learning is the first step in ...
Robust navigation through rocky terrain by small mobile robots is important for maximizing science return from upcoming missions to Mars. We are addressing this problem at multipl...
Richard Volpe, Tara A. Estlin, Sharon L. Laubach, ...
The success of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers has demonstrated the important benefits that mobility adds to planetary exploration. Very soon, mission requirements will impose t...
Ioannis M. Rekleitis, Jean-Luc Bedwani, Sebastien ...
Increasing the level of spacecraft autonomy is essential for broadening the reach of solar system exploration. Computer vision has and will continue to play an important role in in...
Larry Matthies, Mark W. Maimone, Andrew Edie Johns...
NASA mission concepts for the upcoming decades of this century include exploration of sites such as steep cliff faces on Mars, as well as infrastructure deployment for a sustained ...
Terrance L. Huntsberger, Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, Hr...