Experience with Rover Navigation for Lunar-Like Terrains - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Experience with Rover Navigation for Lunar-Like Terrains

Reid Simmons, Eric Krotkov, Lonnie Chrisman, Fabio Cozman, Richard Goodwin, Martial Hebert, Lalitesh Katragadda, Sven Koenig, G. Krishnaswamy, Y. Shinoda, William (Red) L. Whittaker, and P. Klarer
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (IROS) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 1, pp. 441 - 446, August, 1995

Abstract

Reliable navigation is critical for a lunar rover, both for autonomous traverses and safeguarded, remote teleoperation. This paper describes an implemented system that has autonomously driven a prototype wheeled lunar rover over a kilometer in natural, outdoor terrain. The navigation system uses stereo terrain maps to perform local obstacle avoidance, and arbitrates steering recommendations from both the user and the rover. The paper describes the system architecture, each of the major components, and the experimental results to date.

BibTeX

@conference{Simmons-1995-16186,
author = {Reid Simmons and Eric Krotkov and Lonnie Chrisman and Fabio Cozman and Richard Goodwin and Martial Hebert and Lalitesh Katragadda and Sven Koenig and G. Krishnaswamy and Y. Shinoda and William (Red) L. Whittaker and P. Klarer},
title = {Experience with Rover Navigation for Lunar-Like Terrains},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (IROS) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
year = {1995},
month = {August},
volume = {1},
pages = {441 - 446},
}