Concepts for science autonomy during robotic traverse and survey

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 347-355

  Smith, Trey ^a   Niekum, Scott ^a   Thompson, David ^a   Wettergreen, David ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS SCIENCE; MARS ROVERS; SCIENCE PRIORITY LANGUAGE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751508431     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2005.1559327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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