Rocky 7: A next generation Mars rover prototype

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-358

  Volpe, Richard ^a   Balaram, J ^a   Ohm, Timothy ^a   Ivlev, Robert ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; MANIPULATORS; NAVIGATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; STEREO VISION;

ELECTRICAL DESIGN; MARS ROVER PROTOTYPE; MECHANICAL DESIGN;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031378529     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855397X00362     Document Type: Article

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