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Lidar-aided inertial navigation with extended kalman filtering for pinpoint landing
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Busnardo, David M. Aitken, Matthew L. Amzajerdian, Farzin Pierrottet, Diego Tolson, Robert H. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | In support of NASA s Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) project, an extended Kalman filter routine has been developed for estimating the position, velocity, and attitude of a spacecraft during the landing phase of a planetary mission. The proposed filter combines measurements of acceleration and angular velocity from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) with range and Doppler velocity observations from an onboard light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. These high-precision LIDAR measurements of distance to the ground and approach velocity will enable both robotic and manned vehicles to land safely and precisely at scientifically interesting sites. The filter has been extensively tested using a lunar landing simulation and shown to improve navigation over flat surfaces or rough terrain. Experimental results from a helicopter flight test performed at NASA Dryden in August 2008 demonstrate that LIDAR can be employed to significantly improve navigation based exclusively on IMU integration. |
| File Size | 482005 |
| Page Count | 16 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110004026 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t71w0h48v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-01-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Landing Simulation Inertial Navigation Navigation Aids Angular Velocity Flat Surfaces Velocity Measurement Kalman Filters Robotics Optical Radar Lunar Landing Radar Measurement Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |