Mission Planning Method for Planetary Rover Based on Path Planning

This paper decribes the method of mission planning for planetary rover. Based on differences and relationships between mission planning and path planning, path planning method used in mission planning is described briefly at first. Then focus on the constraints in mission planning and strategies to deal with it, including time, resource and communication. Control of solar panel to realize effective charging and control of directional antenna to communicate with ground station are discussed. In the end, the simulation of planning in virtual reality environment is shown. The simulation result proves the effectiveness of the method. The content in this paper would contribute to further researches and implementation in planetary exploration project.