Identifying and avoiding terrain hazards (e.g., soft soil and pointy embedded rocks) are crucial for the safety of planetary rovers. This paper presents a newly developed groundbased Mars rover operation tool that mitigates risks from terrain by automatically identifying hazards on the terrain, evaluating their risks, and suggesting operators safe paths options that avoids potential risks while achieving specified goals. The tool will bring benefits to rover operations by reducing operation cost, by reducing cognitive load of rover operators, by preventing human errors, and most importantly, by significantly reducing the risk of the loss of rovers.
Risk-Aware Planetary Rover Operation: Autonomous Terrain Classification and Path Planning
IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2015 ; Big Sky, MT, United States
2015-03-07
Conference paper
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English
Onboard Autonomous Path Planning for a Planetary Exploration Rover (AIAA 2013-4825)
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013
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