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AR
2010
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13 years 7 months ago
Odometry Correction Using Visual Slip Angle Estimation for Planetary Exploration Rovers
This paper introduces a novel method for slip angle estimation based on visually observing the traces produced by the wheels of a robot on soft, deformable terrain. The proposed a...
Giulio Reina, Genya Ishigami, Keiji Nagatani, Kazu...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
128views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Vibration-based Terrain Analysis for Mobile Robots
—Safe, autonomous mobility in rough terrain is an important requirement for planetary exploration rovers. Knowledge of local terrain properties is critical to ensure a rover’s ...
Christopher A. Brooks, Karl Iagnemma, Steven Dubow...
IROS
2008
IEEE
171views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 1 months ago
Action planner of hybrid leg-wheel robots for lunar and planetary exploration
— In this paper, we propose an action planning algorithm and its evaluation method based on dynamic simulation for a novel type of hybrid leg-wheel rover for planetary exploratio...
Eric Rohmer, Giulio Reina, Genya Ishigami, Keiji N...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
154views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Path Planning for Planetary Exploration Rovers and Its Evaluation based on Wheel Slip Dynamics
— In this paper, a path planning and its evaluation method is described with taking into account wheel slip dynamics of lunar/planetary exploration rovers. The surface of the pla...
Genya Ishigami, Keiji Nagatani, Kazuya Yoshida
SWAT
2010
Springer
218views Algorithms» more  SWAT 2010»
14 years 17 days ago
Optimal Exploration of Terrains with Obstacles
A mobile robot represented by a point moving in the plane has to explore an unknown terrain with obstacles. Both the terrain and the obstacles are modeled as arbitrary polygons. W...
Jurek Czyzowicz, David Ilcinkas, Arnaud Labourel, ...