Automated site characterization for robotic sample acquisition systems

Marija Strojnik; Susan J. Eberlein

doi:10.1117/12.61197

1 April 1993 Automated site characterization for robotic sample acquisition systems

Marija Strojnik, Susan J. Eberlein

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 32, Issue 4, (April 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.61197

Abstract

A mobile, semiautonomous vehicle with multiple sensors and on-board intelligence is proposed for performing preliminary scientific investigations on extraterrestrial bodies prior to human exploration. Two technologies, a hybrid optical-digital computer system based on optical correlator technology and an image and instrument data analysis system, provide complementary capabilities that might be part of an instrument package for an intelligent robotic vehicle. The hybrid digital-optical vision system could perform real-time image classification tasks using an optical correlator with programmable matched filters under control of a digital microcomputer. The data analysis system would analyze visible and multiband imagery to extract mineral composition and textural information for geologic characterization. Together these technologies would support the site characterization needs of a robotic vehicle for both navigational and scientific purposes.

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Marija Strojnik and Susan J. Eberlein "Automated site characterization for robotic sample acquisition systems," Optical Engineering 32(4), (1 April 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.61197

Published: 1 April 1993

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