Field testing of an integrated surface/subsurface modeling technique for planetary exploration

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1529-1549

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MDA Space Missions   (Canada)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

computer vision; ground penetrating radar; robotic mapping; Visual odometry

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; DATA COLLECTION PROCESS; DATA PRODUCTS; FIELD TESTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HIGH ARCTIC; MANUAL METHODS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; ON-BOARD SENSORS; PHOTO-REALISTIC; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; ROBOTIC MAPPING; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; SURFACE MODELS; VISUAL ODOMETRY;

COMPUTER VISION; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; RADAR; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 77957958477     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364910378179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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