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Active collision avoidance for planetary landers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hannan, Mike Srinivasan, Karthik Rickman, Doug |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Present day robotic missions to other planets require precise, a priori knowledge of the terrain to pre-determine a landing spot that is safe. Landing sites can be miles from the mission objective, or, mission objectives may be tailored to suit landing sites. Future robotic exploration missions should be capable of autonomously identifying a safe landing target within a specified target area selected by mission requirements. Such autonomous landing sites must (1) 'see' the surface, (2) identify a target, and (3) land the vehicle. Recent advances in radar technology have resulted in small, lightweight, low power radars that are used for collision avoidance and cruise control systems in automobiles. Such radar systems can be adapted for use as active hazard avoidance systems for planetary landers. The focus of this CIF proposal is to leverage earlier work on collision avoidance systems for MSFC's Mighty Eagle lander and evaluate the use of automotive radar systems for collision avoidance in planetary landers. |
| File Size | 1042662 |
| Page Count | 5 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140012880 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t11p33c50 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-06-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Instrumentation And Astrionics Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics Evaluation Landing Sites Nasa Space Programs Targets Hazards Automobiles Robotics Landing Simulation Test Stands Terrain Technology Transfer Radar Mission Planning Autonomy Collision Avoidance Interferometry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |