In this paper a system will be presented that was developed for ESA for the support of planetary exploration. The system that is sent to the planetary surface consists of a rover a...
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Luc J. Van Gool
Abstract—In this paper, we present the analysis and experimental validation of a vision-aided inertial navigation algorithm for planetary landing applications. The system employs...
Anastasios I. Mourikis, Nikolas Trawny, Stergios I...
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...
Clark F. Olson, Larry H. Matthies, John R. Wright,...
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...
A new method to detect 3D Obstacles using a stereo vision system and a 2D laser range finder is presented. Laser range finder measures distance to obstacles, but only on a plane ...