A sun tracker for planetary analog rovers

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 603, 2005, Pages 577-583

  Deans, Matthew C ^a   Wettergreen, David ^b   Villa, Daniel ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera calibration; Position estimation; Sun sensor; Sun tracker

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; SENSORS; SUN; TRACKING (POSITION);

CAMERA CALIBRATION; POSITION ESTIMATION; SUN SENSOR; SUN TRACKER;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 28744457550     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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