Sun sensor navigation for planetary rovers: Theory and field testing

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1631-1647

  Furgale, Paul ^a   Enright, John ^b   Barfoot, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD TESTING; PLANETARY ROVERS; REFERENCE FRAME; SENSOR SUITE; SUN SENSOR; TORONTO;

NAVIGATION; PLANETARY LANDERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 79955540218     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.5937255     Document Type: Article

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