The Cyborg Astrobiologist: Testing a novelty detection algorithm on two mobile exploration systems at Rivas Vaciamadrid in Spain and at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-27

  McGuire, P C ^a,b,c,j   Gross, C ^a   Wendt, L ^a   Bonnici, A ^d   Souza Egipsy, V ^b,e   Ormo J ^b   Diaz Martinez E ^b,g   Foing, B H ^f   Bose, R ^c   Walter, S ^a   Oesker, M ^h,i   Ontrup, J ^h   Haschke, R ^h   Ritter, H ^h  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^g INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^h BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ IfG Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bluetooth communications; Digital microscope; Graphical programming language; Hopfield neural network; Image segmentation; Lichens; Mars Desert Research Station; Novelty detection; Phone camera; Sceintific autonomy; Uncommon mapping; Wearable computer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTONOMY; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; LICHEN; MAPPING; REAL TIME; SEGMENTATION; SOFTWARE;

SPAIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77149159090     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550409990358     Document Type: Article

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