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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Motion Dynamics of a Rover with Slip-Based Traction Model
This paper investigates kinetic behavior of a planetary rover with attention to tire-soil traction mechanics and articulated body dynamics, and thereby study the control when the ...
Kazuya Yoshida, Hiroshida Hamano
AROBOTS
2004
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13 years 9 months ago
Distributed Control of Multi-Robot Systems Engaged in Tightly Coupled Tasks
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...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
118views Robotics» more  ICRA 1999»
14 years 1 months ago
Rapid Physics-Based Rough-Terrain Rover Planning with Sensor and Control Uncertainty
In future planetary exploration missions, rovers will be required to autonomously traverse challenging environments. Much of the previous work in robot motion planning cannot be s...
Karl Iagnemma, Frank Génot, Steven Dubowsky
ICRA
2000
IEEE
86views Robotics» more  ICRA 2000»
14 years 2 months ago
A Minimally Actuated Hopping Rover for Exploration of Celestial Bodies
: This paper describes a minimalist hopping robot that can perform basic exploration tasks on Mars or other moderate gravity bodies. We show that a single actuator can control the ...
Eric Hale, Nathan Schara, Joel W. Burdick, Paolo F...
CVPR
2005
IEEE
14 years 11 months ago
MER-DIMES: A Planetary Landing Application of Computer Vision
During the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) landings, the Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) was used for horizontal velocity estimation. The DIMES algorithm combines mea...
Yang Cheng, Andrew Edie Johnson, Larry Matthies