Field testing of robotic technologies to support ground ice prospecting in martian polygonal terrain

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 671-681

  Barfoot, Timothy D ^a   Furgale, Paul T ^a   Osinski, Gordon R ^b   Ghafoor, Nadeem ^c   Williams, Kevin K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MDA Space Missions   (Canada)

^d BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogue studies; Ground penetrating radar; Lidar; Planetary exploration; Planetary rover; Stereo camera

Indexed keywords

FIELD TEST; FIELD TESTING; GROUND ICE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGH ARCTIC; HIGH LATITUDES; MISSION CONCEPTS; PENETRATING RADAR; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; PLANETARY ROVERS; POTENTIAL MISSIONS; ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS; SCIENTIFIC TOOL; STEREO CAMERAS; SUBSURFACE SAMPLING;

CAMERAS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; ICE; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; OPTICAL RADAR; PLANETARY LANDERS; RADAR; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 76349109688     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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