Planetary surface exploration using a network of reusable paths
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A network of reusable paths (NRP) allows for a new approach to planetary surface exploration using a mobile robot. NRP gives the robot the ability to accurately return to any previously visited point. This allows mission-level improvements by enabling parallel exploration of scientific targets. NRP would be particularly useful for sample-return missions to the Moon or Mars. The approach was tested in a mock Lunar sample-return mission near the impact crater located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. There, NRP enabled nearly twice as many sites to be investigated as compared to a serial approach to exploration. In this mock mission, the robot drove more than 3.9 km, allowing for in situ analysis and sample collection and return at many sites.
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- Abstract-Refereed Conference Paper
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- International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS)
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- Turin, Italy
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@inproceedings{stenning_isairas12,
author = {B Stenning and G R Osinski and T D Barfoot and G Basic and M Beauchamp and M Daly and R Francis and P Furgale and J Gammell and N Ghafoor and P Jasiobedzki and A Lambert and K Leung and M Mader and C Marion and E McCullough and C McManus and J Moores and L Preston},
title = {Planetary surface exploration using a network of reusable paths},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space ({i-SAIRAS})},
year = {2012},
address = {Turin, Italy},
month = {4--6 } # sep,
}