Autonomous science during large-scale robotic survey

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 542-564

  Thompson, David R ^a,b   Wettergreen, David S ^a   Peralta, Francisco J Calderóon ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Poch Applied Technologies   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SCIENCE; CALIFORNIA; DIFFERENT SCALE; FEATURE DETECTION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN INTERVENTION; ON THE FLIES; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; SCIENCE-DATA; SITE SURVEYS; SPATIAL MODELS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE OBSERVATION; VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED;

INFORMATION THEORY; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS; VISUAL SERVOING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79959548060     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20391     Document Type: Review

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