NASA NTRS · 20240000773
Mobile Lidar as A Tool for Terrestrial and Planetary Cave Exploration and Mapping
Abstract
The Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama is developing tools that enable ultra-high resolution terrain mapping and navigation using mobile LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) algorithms in fully GPS-denied and unilluminated environments [1,2]. The backpack mounted LiDAR instrument under development by our team demonstrates the potential of mobile SLAM LiDAR for use in challenging lunar and planetary surface environments as well as for lunar, planetary, and terrestrial cave exploration, study, and utilization.
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W. E. King, M. R. Zanetti, E. G. Hayward, K. A. Miller. Mobile Lidar as A Tool for Terrestrial and Planetary Cave Exploration and Mapping. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240000773
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