Rocky 7: A Next Generation Mars Rover Prototype
This paper provides a system overview of a new Mars rover prototype, Rocky 7.
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Volpe, R.
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Mobile Robot Localization by Remote Viewing of a Colored Cylinder
A system was developed for the Mars Pathfinder rover in which the rover checks its position by viewing the angle back to a colored cylinder with different colors for different angles. The rover determines distance by the apparent size of the cylinder.
robots planetary exploration remote sensing positi↗
Multi-Sensor Inspection Telerobot
This paper describes a telerobotic multi-sensor inspection system for space platforms developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A multi-sensor inspection end-effector incorporates cameras and lighting for visual inspection, as well as temperature and gas leak-detection sensors.
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Real-Time Trajectory Generation via Task Space Velocity Blending
This paper presents a new velocity blending approach to the problem of task space trajectory generation.
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