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CVIU
2007
13 years 4 months ago
2007
One goal for future Mars missions is for a rover to be able to navigate autonomously to science targets not visible to the rover, but seen in orbital or descent images. This can b...
ISER
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2004
Springer
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...
VLUDS
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
This work aims to investigate the suitability of applying Virtual Reality techniques in the exploration of Mars terrain features in order to support the creation of topographic ma...
SAC
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2009
ACM
Remote sensing of terrain characteristics is an important component for autonomous operation of mobile robots in natural terrain. Often this involves classification of terrain int...
ISRR
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2005
Springer
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) have collected a great diversity of geological science results, thanks in large part to their surface mobility capabilities. The six wheel r...