First experiment in sun-synchronous exploration

Sun-synchronous exploration is accomplished by reasoning about sunlight: where the Sun is in the sky, where and when shadows will fall, and how much power can be obtained through various courses of action. In July 2001 a solar-powered rover, named Hyperion, completed two sunsynchronous exploration e...

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Main Authors: David Wettergreen, Bernardine Dias, Benjamin Shamah, James Teza, Paul Tompkins, Chris Urmson, Michael Wagner, William Whittaker
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.136.8178
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/sunsync/publications/02icra.sunsync.draft.pdf