Title :
FIDO rover field trials as rehearsal for the NASA 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers mission
Author :
Tunstel, Edward ; Huntsberger, Terry ; Aghazarian, Hrand ; Backes, Paul ; Baumgartner, Eric ; Cheng, Yang ; Garrett, Michael ; Kennedy, Brett ; Leger, Chris ; Magnone, Lee ; Norris, Jeffrey ; Powell, Mark ; Trebi-Ollennu, Ashitey ; Schenker, Paul
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes recent extended field trials performed using the FIDO (Field Integrated Design & Operations) rover, an advanced NASA technology development platform and research prototype for the next planned rover mission to Mars. Realistic physical simulation of the NASA 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers mission was achieved through collaborative efforts of roboticists, planetary scientists, and mission operations personnel. An overview of the objectives, approach, and results is reported.
Keywords :
Mars; aerospace robotics; mobile robots; planetary rovers; FIDO rover; Mars Exploration Rovers; Mars exploration; NASA; autonomous mobile robot; planetary rover; rover mission to Mars; space mission simulation; space robotics; Instruments; Mars; Mobile robots; NASA; Orbital robotics; Personnel; Prototypes; Space missions; Space technology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Congress, 2002 Proceedings of the 5th Biannual World
Print_ISBN :
1-889335-18-5
DOI :
10.1109/WAC.2002.1049460
