Developing Nomad for robotic exploration of the Atacama Desert

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 127-148

  Wettergreen, David ^a,d,e   Bapna, Deepak ^b,e,f,g   Maimone, Mark ^b,h,i   Thomas, Geb ^a,c,j,k  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BEI Sensors and Systems

^g BEI Sensors and Systems ^*

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^j GROK Lab   (United States)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Long distance robotic exploration; Navigational autonomy; Panoramic imagery

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NAVIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; VISUALIZATION;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; LONG-DISTANCE ROBOTIC EXPLORATION; PANORAMIC IMAGING; REMOTE SCIENCE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033075545     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)80002-5     Document Type: Article

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