Mercator—Independent rover localization using stereophotoclinometry and panoramic images

Autor: Eric Palmer, Mark V. Sykes, James N. Head, Robert Gaskell, Brian McComas
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Zdroj: Earth and Space Science. 3:488-509
ISSN: 2333-5084
DOI: 10.1002/2016ea000189
Popis: We present a navigation technique for a lunar vehicle based upon matching horizon imagery with a database of synthetic panoramas generated from ultra-high resolution topographic models created by stereophotoclinometry. We conducted two tests, one with lunar topography and fully synthetic panoramas, and another using Earth-based data and no synthetic images. We have shown that the horizon matching technique can search a wide area for a vehicle's location and determine that location to within six meters using readily available imagery. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Databáze: OpenAIRE