ima Field Tests for Autono ous Planetary Rover
Takashi Kubota, Ichiro Natakani, Youji Kuroda, Tadashi Adachi, Hiroaki Saito, Takahiko Iijima · 1998
For evaluating the basic navigation techniques for a planetary rover on a natural terrain, long range navigation experiments had been performed at Mt.Mihara volcano of IzuOhshima Island in September of 1996. The experimental rover succeeded in traveling over 8OO[m] autonomously without hitting any obstacle. This paper describes navigation functions installed in the test-bed rover. This paper also presents the results obtained during the first long range navigation test.