Tradeoffs between directed and autonomous driving on the Mars exploration rovers

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-104

  Biesiadecki, Jeffrey J ^a   Leger, P Chris ^a   Maimone, Mark W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Mars Rover; MER; Mission planning; Space robotics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MOTION PLANNING; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

AUTONOMY; MARS ROVER; MISSION PLANNING; SPACE ROBOTICS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33845760931     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907073777     Document Type: Article

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