Advanced robotics technology infusion to the NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 6, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages 180-185

  Hayati, Samad ^a   Rankin, Arturo ^a   Kim, Won ^a   Leger, Patrick ^a   Castano, Rebecca ^a   Ali, Khaled ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous science; Autonomy; Instrument placement; Mars; Planetary rovers; Rover; Space robotics

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA;

AUTONOMOUS SCIENCE; AUTONOMY; MARS; PLANETARY ROVERS; ROVER; SPACE ROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 79960941181     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20070903-3-fr-2921.00033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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