TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-rover testbed for teleconducted and autonomous surveillance, reconnaissance, and exploration
AU - Fink, Wolfgang
AU - Tarbella, Mark A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - At Caltech's Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory (http://autonomy.caltech.edu) an outdoor multi-rover testbed has been developed that allows for near real-time interactive or automatic control from anywhere in the world via the Internet. It enables the implementation, field-testing, and validation of algorithms/software and strategies for navigation, exploration, feature extraction, anomaly detection, and target prioritization with applications in planetary exploration, security surveillance, reconnaissance of disaster areas, military reconnaissance, and delivery of lethal force such as explosives for urban warfare. Several rover platforms have been developed, enabling testing of cooperative multi-rover scenarios (e.g., inter-rover communication/coordination) and distributed exploration of operational areas.
AB - At Caltech's Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory (http://autonomy.caltech.edu) an outdoor multi-rover testbed has been developed that allows for near real-time interactive or automatic control from anywhere in the world via the Internet. It enables the implementation, field-testing, and validation of algorithms/software and strategies for navigation, exploration, feature extraction, anomaly detection, and target prioritization with applications in planetary exploration, security surveillance, reconnaissance of disaster areas, military reconnaissance, and delivery of lethal force such as explosives for urban warfare. Several rover platforms have been developed, enabling testing of cooperative multi-rover scenarios (e.g., inter-rover communication/coordination) and distributed exploration of operational areas.
KW - Astronaut training
KW - Autonomous self-commanding
KW - Autonomous telecommanding
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Delivery of explosives
KW - Distributed exploration
KW - Hazardous environments
KW - Human-robot interaction
KW - Internet
KW - Military reconnaissance
KW - Planetary exploration
KW - Rover testbed
KW - Security surveillance
KW - Teleoperation
KW - Tier-scalable reconnaissance
KW - Urban warfare
KW - Worldwide control
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U2 - 10.1117/12.819991
DO - 10.1117/12.819991
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:69949169249
SN - 9780819475978
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Space Exploration Technologies II
T2 - Space Exploration Technologies II
Y2 - 13 April 2009 through 13 April 2009
ER -