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Mars exploration rover performance as a baseline for flight Rover autonomy technology assessment

dc.contributor.author Tunstel, Edward en_US
dc.contributor.author Howard, Ayanna M. en_US
dc.contributor.author Maimone, Mark en_US
dc.contributor.author Trebi-Ollennu, Ashitey en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-04-08T18:58:25Z
dc.date.available 2011-04-08T18:58:25Z
dc.date.issued 2005-09
dc.description Presented at the 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, ‘ISAIRAS 2005 Conference’, Munich, Germany, 5-8 September 2005. en_US
dc.description.abstract Technology assessments rely on performance metrics to establish a basis for rating technologies. Metrics are also used to measure relative merit of similar technologies to state-of-the-art technology. Functional performance metrics are presented for mobility and robotic arm autonomy exercised on the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) surface mission thus far. The metrics are used to apply an existing technology assessment method to establish a baseline for assessing future flight rover technologies. The methodology decomposes robotic activities into operational functions and addresses how technologies, based on performance metrics, can be systematically related to increases in science return. Considering the basic mission objective to maximize scientific yield, we can assess how relative performance of future technologies might impact science return. We provide a useful set of metrics and present an example application of the method to assess merit of hypothetical future Mars rover performance relative to the MER baseline. en_US
dc.identifier.citation E. Tunstel, A. Howard, M. Maimone, A. Trebi-Ollenu, “Mars exploration rover performance as a baseline for flight Rover autonomy technology assessment,” 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics And Automation in Space (i-Sairas), Munich, Germany, September 2005. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/38464
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original European Space Agency en_US
dc.subject Technology assessment en_US
dc.subject Performance metrics en_US
dc.subject Robot mobility en_US
dc.subject Robotic arm autonomy en_US
dc.subject Mars Exploration Rovers en_US
dc.title Mars exploration rover performance as a baseline for flight Rover autonomy technology assessment en_US
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dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.author Howard, Ayanna M.
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)
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