Path planning for autonomous mobile robots: A review

JR Sanchez-Ibanez, CJ Pérez-del-Pulgar… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Providing mobile robots with autonomous capabilities is advantageous. It allows one to
dispense with the intervention of human operators, which may prove beneficial in economic …

Geologic constraints on early Mars climate

ES Kite - Space Science Reviews, 2019 - Springer
Early Mars climate research has well-defined goals (MEPAG 2018). Achieving these goals
requires geologists and climate modelers to coordinate. Coordination is easier if results are …

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

FJ Martín-Torres, MP Zorzano, P Valentín-Serrano… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Water is a requirement for life as we know it. Indirect evidence of transient liquid water has
been observed from orbiter on equatorial Mars, in contrast with expectations from large …

LEMUR 3: A limbed climbing robot for extreme terrain mobility in space

A Parness, N Abcouwer, C Fuller… - … on robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a new four-limbed robot, LEMUR 3, that has demonstrated climbing
on cliff faces and smooth glass. Each limb on the robot consists of seven identical actuators …

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return: International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST)

DW Beaty, MM Grady, HY McSween… - … & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …

The case for ancient hot springs in Gusev crater, Mars

SW Ruff, KA Campbell, MJ Van Kranendonk, MS Rice… - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The origin and age of opaline silica deposits discovered by the Spirit rover adjacent to the
Home Plate feature in the Columbia Hills of Gusev crater remains debated, in part because …

Characteristics, distribution, origin, and significance of opaline silica observed by the Spirit rover in Gusev crater, Mars

SW Ruff, JD Farmer, WM Calvin… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of outcrops and soil (regolith) rich in opaline silica (∼ 65–92 wt% SiO2) in
association with volcanic materials adjacent to the “Home Plate” feature in Gusev crater is …

Mars science laboratory curiosity rover megaripple crossings up to sol 710 in gale crater

RE Arvidson, KD Iagnemma, M Maimone… - Journal of Field …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
After landing in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover
traveled across regolith‐covered, rock‐strewn plains that transitioned into terrains that have …

Spacecraft autonomy challenges for next-generation space missions

JA Starek, B Açıkmeşe, IA Nesnas… - Advances in Control …, 2015 - Springer
In early 2011, NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) released a set of technology
roadmaps with the aim of fostering the development of concepts and cross-cutting …

In situ and orbital stratigraphic characterization of the InSight landing site—A type example of a regolith‐covered lava plain on Mars

NH Warner, MP Golombek, V Ansan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The InSight lander rests on a regolith‐covered, Hesperian to Early Amazonian lava plain in
Elysium Planitia within a∼ 27‐m‐diameter, degraded impact crater called Homestead …