DEM
2001
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2001
Springer
A common concern of the real−time terrain visualisation of today is the lack of geometric detail, when the terrain model is studied close enough. This is primary not a problem of...
AGENTS
2001
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2001
Springer
In this paper, we study a simple means for coordinating teams of simple agents. In particular, we study ant robots and how they can cover terrain once or repeatedly by leaving mar...
COMPGEOM
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2009
ACM
We study the complexity of the visibility map of terrains whose triangles are fat, not too steep and have roughly the same size. It is known that the complexity of the visibility ...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
Detection of obstacles for autonomous vehicles is more difficult when the terrain is not locally planar and remains an open problem. We have developed an approach suited for obsta...
SWAT
2010
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2010
Springer
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...
COSIT
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
The scope of this paper is a qualitative description of terrain features that can be characterized using the silhouette of a terrain. The silhouette is a profile of a landform seen...
ISRR
2005
Springer
14 years 5 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...
GECCO
2005
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2005
Springer
We propose a method for applying genetic algorithms to create 3D terrain data sets. Existing procedural algorithms for generation of terrain have several shortcomings. The most po...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2005
IEEE
—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 ...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2006
IEEE
— In this paper we predict the amount of slip an exploration rover would experience using stereo imagery by learning from previous examples of traversing similar terrain. To do t...