Navigation results from desert field tests of the Rocky 7 Mars rover prototype

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 669-683

  Volpe, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

FIELD ROBOTICS; MARS; PLANETARY ROVERS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032655153     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783649922066493     Document Type: Article

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