Slope traversal controls for planetary exploration rover on sandy terrain

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-286

  Ishigami, Genya ^a   Nagatani, Keiji ^b   Yoshida, Kazuya ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CONTROL APPROACH; EXPLORATION ROVERS; MODEL-BASED; MODEL-BASED CONTROL; ORIENTATION ERROR; PLANETARY EXPLORATION ROVERS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SENSOR-BASED CONTROL; SLOPED TERRAINS; WHEEL SLIPS; WHEELED ROVERS;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; SENSORS; WHEELS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 67649215384     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20277     Document Type: Article

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