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ACMSE
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Interactive 3D terrain exploration and visualization
The CECA VisLab is currently investigating the educational uses of a GeoWall 3D Stereo Rendering system. Many commercial and non-commercial programs are currently available for ge...
Stephanie A. Smullen, Clinton W. Smullen III, Carl...
ECAL
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Optimal Morphology of a Biologically-Inspired Whisker Array on an Obstacle-Avoiding Robot
Abstract. Whiskers are versatile sensors for short-range navigation and exploration that are widespread in many animal species, especially in rodents. Their arrangement is in very ...
Miriam Fend, Hiroshi Yokoi, Rolf Pfeifer
AROBOTS
1998
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13 years 5 months ago
Rough Terrain Autonomous Mobility-Part 2: An Active Vision, Predictive Control Approach
Off-road autonomous navigation is one of the most difficult automation challenges from the point of view of constraints on mobility, speed of motion, lack of environmental structur...
Alonzo Kelly, Anthony Stentz
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 3 months ago
Axel rover paddle wheel design, efficiency, and sinkage on deformable terrain
—This paper presents the Axel robotic rover which has been designed to provide robust and flexible access to extreme extra-planetary terrains. Axel is a lightweight 2wheeled vehi...
Pablo Abad-Manterola, Joel W. Burdick, Issa A. D. ...
ISER
2004
Springer
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13 years 10 months ago
Autonomous Navigation Results from the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission
In January, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission landed two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on the surface of Mars. Several autonomous navigation capabilities were employ...
Mark W. Maimone, Andrew Edie Johnson, Yang Cheng, ...