FIDO prototype Mars rover field trials, Black Rock Summit, Nevada, as test of the ability of robotic mobility systems to conduct field science

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Arvidson, R E ^a   Squyres, S W ^b   Baumgartner, E T ^c   Schenker, P S ^c   Niebur, C S ^a   Larsen, K W ^a   Seelos, IV ^a   Snider, N O ^a   Jolliff, B L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

FIDO; Field trials; Mars; MER; Remote sensing; Rovers

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; FIELD METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; MARS; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING;

EID: 0037176053     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001464     Document Type: Article

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