OASIS: Onboard autonomous science investigation system for opportunistic rover science

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-397

  Castano, Rebecca ^a   Estlin, Tara ^a   Anderson, Robert C ^a   Gaines, Daniel M ^a   Castano, Andres ^a   Bornstein, Benjamin ^a   Chouinard, Caroline ^a   Judd, Michele ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

IMAGE DATA; MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS; ONBOARD AUTONOMOUS SCIENCE INVESTIGATION SYSTEM;

ROBOTS;

EID: 34249019518     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20192     Document Type: Article

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