Planetary Rover Exploration Combining Remote and In Situ Measurements for Active Spectroscopic Mapping

Alberto Candela,Suhit Kodgule,Kevin Edelson,Srinivasan Vijayarangan,David R. Thompson,Eldar Noe Dobrea,David Wettergreen,Alberto Candela,Suhit Kodgule,Kevin Edelson,Srinivasan Vijayarangan,David R. Thompson,Eldar Noe Dobrea,David Wettergreen

Maintaining high levels of productivity for planetary rover missions is very difficult due to limited communication and heavy reliance on ground control. There is a need for autonomy that enables more adaptive and efficient actions based on real-time information. This paper presents an autonomous mapping and exploration approach for planetary rovers. We first describe a machine learning model that...