Title :
Technology development and testing for enhanced Mars Rover Sample Return operations
Author :
Volpe, Richard ; Baumgartner, Eric ; Scheaker, P. ; Hayati, Samad
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes several Jet Propulsion Laboratory research efforts being conducted to support Mars sample return in the coming decade. After describing the 2003/05 mission scenario, we provide an overview of new technologies emerging from three complementary research efforts: Long Range Science Rover, Sample Return Rover, and FIDO Rover. The results show improvements in planning, navigation, estimation, sensing, and operations for small rovers operating in Mars-like environments
Keywords :
Mars; aerospace robotics; navigation; path planning; planetary rovers; robot kinematics; robot vision; state estimation; telerobotics; Athena terrestrial prototype rover; CASPER system; FIDO Rover; Long Range Science Rover; Mars Rover Sample Return; Mars-like environment operation; Sojourner; autonomous path planning; core robotics; dynamic sequence generation; enhanced operations; kinematic state estimation; mission scenario; navigation; on-board sensing; rendezvous techniques; small rovers; technology development; visual localization; Instruments; Laboratories; Mars; Propulsion; Prototypes; Robots; Space technology; Target tracking; Testing; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5846-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2000.879292
