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Learning to behave: adaptive behavior for planetary surface rovers

Huntsberger, Terry·Aghazarian, Hrand
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Robotic missions to planetary surfaces are becoming more ambitious and of longer duration. The nominal mission timeline for the MER called Spirit currently on the Martian surface is 90 days, with extensions to 180 days depending on rover health. The upcoming 2009 MSL mission is planned to be 300-500 days and will possibly involve traverses on the order of a kilometer or more.

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Huntsberger, Terry, Aghazarian, Hrand. 2004-07-01. Learning to behave: adaptive behavior for planetary surface rovers. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060043129

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