Two years of visual odometry on the Mars Exploration Rovers

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-186

  Maimone, Mark ^a   Cheng, Yang ^a   Matthies, Larry ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STEREO VISION; TARGET TRACKING;

NAVIGATION CAMERAS; STEREO IMAGES; VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM; VISUAL ODOMETRY;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 34247488363     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20184     Document Type: Article

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