Planetary rovers increasingly rely on vision‐based components for autonomous navigation
and map**. Develo** and testing these components requires representative optical …

This paper describes a dataset collected along a 1 km section of beach near Katwijk, The
Netherlands, which was populated with a collection of artificial rocks of varying sizes to …

This work considers the processing of acoustic data from a multibeam forward-looking sonar
(FLS) on a moving underwater platform to estimate the platform's attitude and trajectory. We …

Future Mars exploration missions rely heavily on high-mobility autonomous rovers equipped
with sophisticated scientific instruments and possessing advanced navigational capabilities …

Under the umbrella of the European Space Agency (ESA) StarTiger program, a rapid
prototy** study called Seeker was initiated. A range of partners from space and nonspace …

This paper presents the design of Cataglyphis, a research rover that won the NASA Sample
Return Robot Centennial Challenge in 2015. During the challenge, Cataglyphis was the …

This work presents a method with which to automate simple aspects of geologic image
analysis during space exploration. Automated image analysis on board the spacecraft can …

In the paper we are presenting method for integration of feature based visual odometry
algorithm with low-cost IMU. The algorithm is developed for operation on small mobile robot …

ABSTRACT The Mars Exploration Science Rover (MESR) program is part of the Exploration
Surface Mobility (ESM) activity currently being undertaken by the Canadian Space Agency …

Bio-inspired robotics offers a powerful approach to improving the mobility and function of
robotic devices in natural terrain. By learning from the animals that have been evolving to …