Atacama Desert Trek: A Planetary Analog Field Experiment
- 1 July 1997
- proceedings article
- Published by SAE International in SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility
Abstract
Nomad, a planetary-relevant mobile robot, is chartered totraverse 200 kilometers across the Atacama Desert inChile, exploring a landscape analogous to the surfaces ofthe Moon and Mars. Operating both autonomously andunder the control of operators thousands of kilometersaway, Nomad and the Desert Trek address issues ofrobotic configuration, communications, positionestimation and navigation in rugged, natural terrain. Thefield experiment also serves as a testing ground for remote...Keywords
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