Understanding the terrain in the upcoming path of a ground robot is one of the most
challenging problems in field robotics. Terrain and traversability analysis is a …

Identifying terrain type is crucial to safely operating planetary exploration rovers. Vision-
based terrain classifiers, which are typically trained by thousands of labeled images using …

Navigation in forest environments is a challenging and open problem in the area of field
robotics. Rovers in forest environments are required to infer the traversability of a priori …

Multi-legged robots are effective at traversing rough terrain. However, terrains that include
collapsible footholds (ie regions that can collapse when stepped on) remain a significant …

An underwater hexapod robot, driven by six C-shaped legs and eight thrusters, has the
potential to traverse diverse terrains with unknown deformable properties, which can lead to …

The exploration of remote, unknown, rough environments by autonomous robots strongly
depends on the ability of the on-board system to build an accurate predictor of terrain …

This paper presents an approach to learning robot terrain assessment from human
demonstration. An operator drives a robot for a short period of time, supervising the …

Driving energy consumption plays a major role in the navigation of mobile robots in
challenging environments, especially if they are left to operate unattended under limited on …

Ground properties influence various aspects of mobile machinery navigation including
localization, mobility status or task execution. Excessive slip**, skidding or trap** …

Mobile robots with complex morphology are essential for traversing rough terrains in Urban
Search & Rescue missions. Since teleoperation of the complex morphology causes high …