Sequence planning for the FIDO Mars rover prototype
A planetary rover operations system has been developed and verified in terrestrial rover field tests.
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Tharp, G. K.
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Mars Pathfinder Mission Internet-Based Operations Using WITS
The Web Interface for Telescience (WITS) is an Internet-based tool that the Mars Pathfinder mission used for both mission operations at JPL and public outreach.
operations public outreach Java language Web brows↗
Mars Lander Robotics and Machine Vision Capabilities for in situ Planetary Science
We overview our recent progress in lander-based robotics for Mars planetary science. Utilizing a 1:1 scale laboratory replica of the NASA Mars Surveyor '98 mission, JPL engineers and Mars sciencce colleagues have demonstrated approaches to lander science functions such as robotic sample acquisiiton and deposition, end-effector based microscopic viewing, hand-carried science instrument data collection, and science instrument emplacement by a robot.
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