Cognitive Maps for Planetary Rovers

  • Authors:
  • Benjamin Kuipers

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA

  • Venue:
  • Autonomous Robots
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This essay explores the problem of providing both autonomy and safety for a planetary rover too far away for continuous teleoperated control. Evidence from animal and human spatial behavior suggests useful characteristics for the sensory system and cognitive map of a planetary rover. I then sketch a design for a mixed-initiative exploration strategy for a semi-intelligent rover with a remote human operator, and describe some questions to be resolved by further research.