Improving Autonomous Rover Guidance in Round-Trip Missions Using a Dynamic Cost Map

G.J. Paz-Delgado,M. Azkarate,J. R. Sánchez-Ibáñez,C.J. Pérez-del-Pulgar,L. Gerdes,A.J. García-Cerezo,G.J. Paz-Delgado,M. Azkarate,J. R. Sánchez-Ibáñez,C.J. Pérez-del-Pulgar,L. Gerdes,A.J. García-Cerezo

Autonomous round trip missions arise as an interesting topic since ESA and NASA agreed to bring soil samples from Mars. This work proposes a new method to improve autonomous rover guidance for this kind of missions. It is focused on the use of dynamically updated cost maps that are used to plan the rover path for a round-trip. The main advantage of the proposed method is the use of gathered inform...