Accurate localization in combination with planet observation and dead reckoning for lunar rover

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 2092-2097

  Kuroda, Yoji ^a   Kurosawa, Toshiharu ^a   Tsuchiya, Akiyoshi ^b   Kubota, Takashi ^b  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dead Reckoning; EKF(Extended Kalman Filter); Localization; Lunar Rover; Sensor Fusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR CORRECTION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

DEAD RECKONING; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER (EKF); LOCALIZATION; LUNAR ROVER; SENSOR FUSION;

PLANETS;

EID: 3042617160     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1308132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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