Field Testing of a Rover Guidance, Navigation, & Control Architec- ture to Support a Ground-Ice Prospecting Mission to Mars
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This paper provides an overview of a rover guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) architecture being developed to support a ground-ice prospecting mission to Mars. The main contribution of this paper is to detail an integrated field campaign that demonstrates the viability of the key rover GN&C techniques needed to carry out this mission. Tests were conducted on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic during the summer of 2009, wherein a large field robot was driven on real polygonal terrain (a landform of interest on Mars). Lessons learned and recommendations for future work are provided.
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Field testing of a rover guidance, navigation, and control architecture to support a ground-ice prospecting mission to Mars
This paper provides an overview of a rover guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) architecture being developed to support a ground-ice prospecting mission to Mars. The main contribution of this paper is to detail an integrated field campaign that demonstrates the viability of the key rover GN&C techniques needed to carry out this mission. Tests were conducted on Devon Island in the Canadian H...
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