Guidance of an autonomous planetary rover based on a short-range hazard detection system
Stephen Yerazunis, D.K. Frederick, E. L. Hunter, N. Troiani · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 1979
The guidance of an autonomous planetary roving vehicle using a scanning laser/multidetector terrain sensor for short-range hazard detection has been simulated. The sensor data are used to model the terrain, thereby providing the information required by a path selection algorithm to control the motion of the rover. These simulation studies are providing the basis for developing both the real-time computer control software and the hardware systems for laboratory and field testing of rover.