Technology development and testing for enhanced Mars Rover Sample Return operations

Author

Volpe, Richard ; Baumgartner, Eric ; Scheaker, P. ; Hayati, Samad

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

7

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

247

Abstract

This paper describes several Jet Propulsion Laboratory research efforts being conducted to support Mars sample return in the coming decade. After describing the 2003/05 mission scenario, we provide an overview of new technologies emerging from three complementary research efforts: Long Range Science Rover, Sample Return Rover, and FIDO Rover. The results show improvements in planning, navigation, estimation, sensing, and operations for small rovers operating in Mars-like environments

Keywords

Mars; aerospace robotics; navigation; path planning; planetary rovers; robot kinematics; robot vision; state estimation; telerobotics; Athena terrestrial prototype rover; CASPER system; FIDO Rover; Long Range Science Rover; Mars Rover Sample Return; Mars-like environment operation; Sojourner; autonomous path planning; core robotics; dynamic sequence generation; enhanced operations; kinematic state estimation; mission scenario; navigation; on-board sensing; rendezvous techniques; small rovers; technology development; visual localization; Instruments; Laboratories; Mars; Propulsion; Prototypes; Robots; Space technology; Target tracking; Testing; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5846-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2000.879292

Filename

879292