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...
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,...
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...
This paper describes an integrated system for coordinating multiple rover behavior with the overall goal of collecting planetary surface data. The MISUS system combines techniques...
Tara A. Estlin, Daniel M. Gaines, Forest Fisher, R...
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, ...