Robotic assistance, mobility & vision systems - Enabling technology for early human-robotic lunar exploration

International Astronautical Federation - 58th International Astronautical Congress 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1414-1424

  Ghafoor, Nadeem ^a   Choi, Eric ^a   Ravindran, Gita ^a   Bakambu, Joseph ^a   Barfoot, Tim ^b   Richards, Robert ^c   Sallaberger, Christian ^a  

^a MDA ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Optech Incorporated

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MOON; MOTION ESTIMATION; NASA; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL RADAR; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SPACE RESEARCH; SURFACE TESTING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY; TRAJECTORIES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AUTONOMOUS ROVERS; CANADIAN SPACE AGENCIES; CHARACTERISATION; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; EXOMARS MISSIONS; FIELD TESTS; HANDHELD; IN-SITU; INFRA-STRUCTURE; LOCALISATION; LUNAR EXPLORATIONS; NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; PATH PLANNING; SITE SURVEYS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SURFACE EXPLORATIONS; SURFACE MOBILITIES; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS; VISION SYSTEMS;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 54949146453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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