Through advanced autonomy testbed programs, NASA is setting the groundwork for one of its top priorities—the search for signs of life and potentially habitable bodies in our solar system and […]
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Away Team Droid Tech: Scientific Exploration of Challenging Planetary Analog Environments with a Team of Legged Robots
The interest in exploring planetary bodies for scientific investigation and in-situ resource utilization is ever-rising. Yet, many sites of interest are inaccessible to state-of-the-art planetary exploration robots because of the […]
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A Novel Methodology for Autonomous Planetary Exploration Using Multi-Robot Teams
One of the fundamental limiting factors in planetary exploration is the autonomous capabilities of planetary exploration rovers.