Workshop on
Planetary Rover Technology and Systems
1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
April 23, 1996
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Workshop Purpose
The objective of the workshop is to exchange information on the current
state-of-practice in planetary rover research, development, and
flight-validation, emphasizing lessons learned from practical
implementations and testing.
Organizers
Raja Chatila, LAAS-CNRS
Eric Krotkov, Carnegie Mellon University
Participants
Alptekin, Sema
- California Polytechnic State University
Bicchi, Antonio
- Universite di Pisa
Billings, Tom
- Institute for Teleoperated Space Development
Blitch, John
- Colorado School of Mines
Chatila, Raja
- LAAS-CNRS
Dissanayake, Gamini
- University of Sydney
Elfes, Alberto
- UNDP/CNPQ Softex Program
Gifford, Kevin K.
- University of Colorado
Giralt, Georges
- LAAS-CNRS
Hawkins, Dale
- Colorado School of Mines
Hershberger, David
- Colorado School of Mines
Hirose, Shigeo
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
Holweg, Edward
- Fokker Space
Krotkov, Eric
- Carnegie Mellon University
Kubota, Takashi
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Makanawala, Tejesh
- University of Waterloo
Maurer, Markus
- University of the Armed Forces, Munich
Moorehead, Stewart
- University of Waterloo
Murphy, Robin R.
- Colorado School of Mines
Nebot, Eduardo
- University of Sydney
Simmons, Reid
- Carnegie Mellon University
Sukhatme, Gaurav S.
- University of Southern California
Volpe, Richard
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wettergreen, David
- NASA Ames Research Center
Zhang, Zhengyou
- INRIA
Papers Presented
- Georges Giralt,
Laurence Boissier, and
Luc Marechal
The IARES Project: Rovers for the Human Conquest of the Moon and Mars
- Shigeo Hirose,
Hiroyuki Kuwahara, and
Yukito Furuhashi
Design of Three Wheeled Rover with Unfolding Wheels
-
Gaurav S. Sukhatme and
George A. Bekey
Multicriteria Evaluation of a Planetary Rover
(Postscript file)
-
Zhengyou Zhang
A Stereovision System for a Planetary Rover: Calibration, Correlation,
Registration, and Fusion
(
Postscript file)
-
Richard Volpe,
J. Balaram,
Timothy Ohm, and
Robert Ivlev
The Rocky 7 Mars Rover Prototype
(
Postscript file)
- Raja Chatila,
Simon Lacroix,
Stephane Betge-Brezetz,
Michel Devy, and
Thierry Simeon
Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation for Planet Exploration: The EDEN
Project
(Postscript file)
-
Eric Krotkov,
Reid Simmons,
Fabio Cozman, and
Sven Koenig
Safeguarded Teleoperation for Lunar Rovers: From Human Factors to Field
Trials
(Postscript file)
Workshop Video
Table of Contents
2 of the videos presented at the workshop are available. Order one or both
below.
- Safeguarded Teleoperation for Lunar Rovers - Eric Krotkov
- Rocky 7 Mars Rover Prototype - Richard Volpe
How to Order
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Kraft, with the following information:
- Name
- E-mail address
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- Which video(s) you wish to order
We will mail the workshop video to the address you provide, as long as
supplies last.
Last updated September 10, 1996
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