Robotics and autonomous technology for asteroid sample return mission

2005 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR '05, Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 31-38

  Kubota, Takashi ^a   Sawai, Shujiro ^a   Hashimoto, Tatsuaki ^a   Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteroid Exploration Robot; Robotics Simulator; Sample Acquisition; Space Robotic Exploration; Visual Navigation

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID EXPLORATION ROBOT; ROBOTICS SIMULATOR; SAMPLE ACQUISITION; SPACE ROBOTIC EXPLORATION; VISUAL NAVIGATION;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SPACECRAFT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33749054871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2005.1507387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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