Robotics for lunar surface exploration

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 53-63

  Novara, M ^a   Putz, P ^a   Marechal L ^b   Losito, S ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b CNES   (France)

^c Centro di Geodesia Spaziale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Manipulation; Planetary surface mobility; Space exploration; Space robotics

Indexed keywords

LUNAR MISSIONS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; SPACE STATIONS;

SPACE ROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0032027992     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(98)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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