Ground mobility systems for planetary exploration

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 908-913

  Fiorini, Paolo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOBILITY SYSTEMS; MARTIAN EXPLORATION; PATHFINDER MISSION; PLANETARY EXPLORATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETARY LANDERS; ROBOTICS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033720204     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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