An autonomous path planner implemented on the Rocky 7 prototype microrover

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 292-297

  Laubach, S L ^a   Burdick, J ^b   Matthies, L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; ALGORITHMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOTION PLANNING;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS PLANNING; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; MARS PATHFINDER; PLANETARY ROVERS; PLANETARY TERRAINS; ROBOT PATH-PLANNING; TRAVERSABILITY;

MOTION PLANNING; MOBILE ROBOTS;

PATHFINDERS; PLANETARY ROVERS;

EID: 0031644130     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.676401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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