Title :
Izu-Ohshima field tests for autonomous planetary rover
Author :
Kubota, Takashi ; Natakani, Ichiro ; Kuroda, Youji ; Adachi, Tadashi ; Saito, Hiroaki ; Iijima, Takahiko
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Space & Astron. Sci., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
For evaluating the basic navigation techniques for a planetary rover on a natural terrain, long range navigation experiments had been performed at Mt. Mihara volcano of Izu-Ohshima Island in September of 1996. The experimental rover succeeded in traveling over 800 m autonomously without hitting any obstacle. This paper describes navigation functions installed in the test-bed rover. This paper also presents the results obtained during the first long range navigation test
Keywords :
computerised navigation; mobile robots; planetary rovers; testing; 800 m; Izu-Ohshima Island; Japan; Mount Mihara volcano; autonomous planetary rover; field tests; long-range navigation experiments; Aerospace testing; Image sensors; Mars; NASA; Navigation; Path planning; Performance evaluation; Sensor systems; System testing; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1998. Proceedings., 1998 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4465-0
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1998.724682
