In the context of the European Mars Rover development, prototype vehicles for wheeled, tracked and tumbling locomotion have been implemented and tested. As a spin-off the versatile tracked and wheeled MERLIN (Mobile Experimental Rover for Locomotion and Intelligent Navigation) rovers for outdoor applications resulted. In this paper the navigation sensors and the control system are addressed, supporting the locomotion devices to deal with rough terrain, including autonomous obstacle detection and avoidance strategies. In addition an advanced telematics infrastructure for remote sensor data acquisition and tele-operations has been realized for these vehicles.


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    Title :

    MERLIN vehicles for outdoor applications


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology IV ; 2002 ; Orlando,FL,United States


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 4715 ; 43


    Publication date :

    2002-07-17





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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