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Oct 10, 2005
Trebi-Ollennu, Ashitey; Leger, P. Chris; Baumgartner, Eric T.; Bonitz, Robert G., 2005, "Robotic arm in-situ operations for the Mars Exploration Rovers Surface mission", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/37467, IEEE SMC, Hawaii, October 10, 2005, JPL Open Repository
This paper describes the operations of a 5 degree-of-freedom Instrument Deployment Device (IDD), a dexterous robotic manipulator on the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. |
Oct 1, 2005
Leger, Chris; Deen, Robert G.; Bonitz, Robert G., 2005, "Remote image analysis for Mars Exploration Rover mobility and manipulation operations", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/37435, Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2005, Vol. 1., IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 2005, JPL Open Repository
NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers are two sixwheeled, 175-kg robotic vehicles which have operated on Mars for over a year as of March 2005. The rovers are controlled by teams who must understand the rover's surroundings and develop command sequences on a daily basis. The tight tacti... |
Mar 5, 2005
Baumgartner, Eric T.; Bonitz, Robert G.; Shiraishi, Lori R.; Melko, Joseph P.; Leger, P. Chris, 2005, "The Mars Exploration Rover instrument positioning system", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/40500, International IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana on about March 5- 12, 2005, JPL Open Repository
During Mars Exploration Rover (MER) surface operations, the scientific data gathered by the in situ instrument suite has been invaluable with respect to the discovery of a significant water history at Meridiani Planum and the hint of water processes at work in Gusev Crater. Speci... |
Apr 20, 1997
Bonitz, Robert G., 1997, "Mars Surveyor '98 MVACS Robotic Arm Control System Design Concepts", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/27657, Albuquerque, NM, JPL Open Repository
This paper describes the control system design concepts for the Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS) Robotic Arm which supports the scientific investigations to be conducted as part of the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander project. Novel solutions are presented to some of the uniqu... |