Path planning for autonomous mobile robots: A review

JR Sánchez-Ibáñez, 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 …

Natural gas seepage

G Etiope - The Earth's hydrocarbon degassing, 2015‏ - Springer
In this introductive chapter, basic concepts concerning natural gas seepage, including the
terminology typically adopted for various types of seepage, the origins of gas (microbial …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Tactile robots as a central embodiment of the tactile internet

S Haddadin, L Johannsmeier… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we discuss and speculate about the concept of the Tactile Robot connected
with human operators via smart wearables as an essential multimodal embodiment of the …