Research/ PLANETARY ROBOTICS
High Speed Lunar Navigation for Crewed and Remotely Piloted Vehicles
L. Pedersen, M. Allan, V. To, H. Utz, W. Wojcikiewicz, C. Chautems
Canadian Space Agency 2010//NASA Ames Research Center
Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS
Technique
HRI & Teleoperationtext match
Indexed as
NTRSLunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Increased navigation speed is desirable for lunar rovers, whether autonomous, crewed or remotely operated, but is hampered by the low gravity, high contrast lighting and rough terrain. We describe lidar based navigation system deployed on NASA's K10 autonomous rover and to increase the terrain hazard situational awareness of the Lunar Electric Rover crew.