The mission and operation of the Mars Pathfinder microrover

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 827-835

  Matijevic, J ^a   Shirley, D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomous mobile robots; hazard avoidance; Mars exploration; mobility; navigation

Indexed keywords

MARS PATHFINDER MICROROVER; MICROROVER FLIGHT EXPERIMENT;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NAVIGATION; PLANETARY LANDERS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031171073     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(97)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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