Multi-resolution Traversability Assessment for Collaborative Surface Navigation, Year 1

Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)

Description

Uncertainty-aware traversability analysis using multi-resolution data from other agents (satellites, helicopters, past mission rovers) to supplement traversability information in the rover's blind spots and provide macro-level traversability information to avoid local minima

Benefits

Enable km-scale multi-sol continuous rover driving without ground intervention, enhance vehicle safety by providing information in rover blind spots, and improve drive efficiency by incorporating regional traversability information

Details

Technology area	Robotic Systems > Mobility
Program	Center Innovation Fund: JPL CIF (JPL CIF)
Lead organization	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Start date	2020-10-01
End date	2021-09-30

Project contacts

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Kyohei Otsu — kyohei.otsu@jpl.nasa.gov

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