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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Planetary Exploration"”.
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Terrain identification methods for planetary exploration rovers
… terrain is becoming increasingly important for planetary exploration rovers. Increased knowledge of local terrain properties is critical to ensure a rover's safety, especially when driving on slopes or rough surfaces. This thesis presents two methods for using on-board sensors to identify local …
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Automated Image Interpretation for Science Autonomy in Robotic Planetary Exploration
Advances in the capabilities of robotic planetary exploration missions have increased the wealth of scientific data they produce, presenting challenges for mission science and operations imposed by the limits of interplanetary radio communications. These data budget pressures can be relieved by …
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Human-automation collaboration : decision support for lunar and planetary exploration
… solving within the high-risk domain of human planetary surface exploration, where decisions are time critical and humans must adapt to uncertainty. In order to develop flexible and robust decision support systems for Lunar and planetary exploration, human-automation role allocations are …
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Scale and computer modeling of wheeled vehicles for planetary exploration
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1990.
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Mission planning and navigation support for lunar and planetary exploration
… success. This thesis investigates improving planetary EVAs via a support system to enable optimized mission operations. In order to develop a robustly effective aid capable of performing under the high time pressure, risk, and uncertainty inherent in space exploration, key surface operation …
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Vision-based terrain classification and classifier fusion for planetary exploration rovers
Autonomous rover operation plays a key role in planetary exploration missions. Rover systems require more and more autonomous capabilities to improve efficiency and robustness. Rover mobility is one of the critical components that can directly affect mission success. Knowledge of the physical …
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Design of a hermetically sealing inlet for in-situ planetary exploration
… and an inlet design proposal for in-situ planetary exploration. The key attributes of the design are the sealing interfaces and an inverted dovetail cross sectional geometry for a linear carriage. The inlet emphasizes a design for manufacturability, weight savings, durability, and many …
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Feasibility assessment of magnetohydrodynamics for hypersonic trajectory control for planetary exploration applications
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Development of a mechanical counter pressure Bio-Suit System for planetary exploration
… for human spaceflight and particularly for human planetary exploration. The MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory is developing a Bio-Suit EVA System, based on mechanical counterpressure (MCP), that has the potential to maximize and even augment the EVA capabilities of future planetary explorers. This thesis …
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Autonomous rock acquisition for a microrover to be used in planetary exploration
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Rough-terrain mobile robot planning and control with application to planetary exploration
Future planetary exploration missions will require mobile robots to perform difficult tasks in highly challenging terrain, with limited human supervision. Current motion planning and control algorithms are not well suited to rough-terrain mobility, since they generally do not consider the physical …
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A Comprehensive Entry, Descent, Landing, and Locomotion (EDLL) Vehicle for Planetary Exploration
… and Locomotion (EDLL) vehicle for in-situ exploration of Venus, especially in the Tessera regions. TANDEM, the Tension Adjustable Network for Deploying Entry Membrane, is a new planetary probe concept in which all of EDLL is achieved by a single multifunctional tensegrity structure. The …
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Characteristic Raman Bands of Amino Acids and Halophiles as Biomarkers in Planetary Exploration
Evaporitic environments that could provide habitats for life exist on present day Mars, in addition to Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL), which have been observed suggesting a briny liquid in the subsurface with a seasonal occurrence at the surface. Life detection is the focus for future missions, …
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A fuzzy logic solution for navigation of the Subsurface Explorer planetary exploration robot
… in simulation for the Subsurface Explorer planetary exploration robot. The robot is intended for the subterranean exploration of Mars, and will be equipped with acoustic sensing for detecting obstacles. Measurements of obstacle distance and direction are anticipated to be imprecise however, …
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Design and Evaluation of a Fiber Optic Probe as a means of Subsurface Planetary Exploration
… excavation has limited the extent of subsurface exploration to simple scoops deployed on the ends of robotic arms which, by their very nature, will erase any stratigraphy that it may be digging into.</p> <p>The OPRA instrumentation concept allows for an integrated, lightweight and simple …
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Definition, expansion and screening of architectures for planetary exploration class nuclear electric propulsion and power systems
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2003.
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FOUR STORIES : A STUDY IN GENRE
… story, and a science fiction tale of initial planetary exploration.
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Novel Architectures for Radar Sounder Signals Segmentation: From Convolutional Neural Networks to Quantum-Enhanced Networks
… in the analysis of Earth observation and Planetary exploration data for enabling detailed interpretation of complex datasets. This thesis focuses on advancing the state of the art in semantic segmentation methods with a particular emphasis on subsurface information extraction from radar …
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Analysis and traction control of a rocker-bogie planetary rover
Robotic rovers have become important tools in planetary exploration. Future missions require improved rover performance. This thesis presents an analysis of a six-wheeled prototype rover. Its design is based on the rockerbogie configuration. A procedure is presented which can rapidly compute the …
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Evaluation of multi-vehicle architectures for the exploration of planetary bodies in the Solar System
Planetary exploration missions are becoming increasingly complex and expensive due to ever more ambitious scientific and technical goals. On the other hand, budgets in planetary science have suffered from dramatic cuts over the past decade and projections estimate a flat budget of approximately …
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