Year End Report 1991. Autonomous Planetary Rover

Abstract

This report describes progress in research on an autonomous robot for planetary exploration performed during 1991 at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. The report summarizes the achievements during calendar year 1991, and lists personnel and publications. In addition, it includes several papers resulting from the research. Research in 1991 focused on understanding the unique capabilities of the Ambler mechanism and on autonomous walking in rough, natural terrain. We also designed a sample acquisition system, and began to configure a successor to the Ambler.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA248161

Entities

People

  • Eric Krotkov
  • Reid Simmons
  • William Whittaker

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Civil Engineering
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Laser Radar
  • Laser Rangefinding
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Reliability
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy