Towards a substantially autonomous aerobot for exploration of Titan

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2535-2541

  Elfes, Alberto ^a   Hall, Jeffery L ^a   Montgomery, James F ^a   Bergh, Charles F ^a   Dudik, Brenda A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary Exploration; Robotic Airship; Titan; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GLIDERS; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

PLANETARY EXPLORATION; ROBOTIC AIRSHIP; TITAN; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 3042525208     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1307443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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