Abstract: Flexible and adaptive tracked robots show the capacity to navigate in unstructured terrain, with a passive adaption of the track or a morphology change for terrain adaptation. Extending the concept to one in which the morphology can be actively changed has the potential to increase the capabilities of a locomoting robot while reducing the need for complex … [Read more...] about FLEXIV: Adaptive Locomotion via Morphological Changes in a Flexible Track Vehicle
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Uncertainty-Aware Trajectory Planning: Using Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Traversability Prediction of Planetary Rovers
In an extreme environment, such as Mars or a volcanic area, mobile robots have been used in scientific missions, or as precursors for a future manned mission. The robot called a planetary exploration rover is managed by a space-qualified, radiation-hardened, and low-clock onboard computer, and autonomously travels over challenging terrain. For more about this … [Read more...] about Uncertainty-Aware Trajectory Planning: Using Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Traversability Prediction of Planetary Rovers
