Path following Using visual odometry for a Mars rover in high-slip environments

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 773-789

  Helmick, Daniel M ^a   Cheng, Yang ^a   Clouse, Daniel S ^a   Matthies, Larry H ^a   Roumeliotis, Stergios I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERING; KINEMATICS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOTION ESTIMATION; ROBOTS; STEREO VISION;

HIGH-SLIP ENVIRONMENTS; MARS ROVERS; PATH FOLLOWING; VISUAL ODOMETRY;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 11244262504     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2004.1367679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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