Mobile robotic surveying performance for planetary surface site characterization

Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 200-205

  Tunstel, Edward ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

area coverage performance; in situ remote sensing; planetary surface exploration; robotic surveying; site characterization

Indexed keywords

AREA COVERAGE PERFORMANCE; DECISION AIDS; FUTURE MISSION; GEOMETRIC MEASURES; IN-SITU; MOBILE ROBOTIC; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PLANETARY SURFACE EXPLORATION; PLANETARY SURFACES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LUNAR MISSIONS; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77954464003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1774674.1774705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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