Rover design for polar astrobiological exploration

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 603, 2005, Pages 241-248

  Pedersen, Liam ^a   Wettergreen, David ^b   Apostolopoulos, Dimi ^b   McKay, Chris ^a   DiGoia, Matthew ^b   Jonak, Dominic ^b   Heys, Stuart ^b   Teza, James ^b   Wagner, Michael ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; MICROORGANISMS; NAVIGATION; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

POLAR ASTROBIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION; ROBOTIC MISSIONS; ROVER DESIGNS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 28744442965     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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