Autonomous Visual Navigation for Planetary Exploration Rovers
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SPARTAN (SPAring Robotics Technologies for Autonomous Navigation) and its extension SEXTANT (Spartan EXTension Activity Not Tendered) are two robotic exploration technology development activities funded by ESA. They target the development of computer vision algorithms for visual navigation that will be suitable for use by Martian rovers. This paper summarizes our on-going efforts in the context of SEXTANT for developing dependable and efficient solutions for two key ingredients of visual navigation, namely terrain mapping and localization.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013