Arctic Test Flights of the CMU Autonomous Helicopter ...

• Main Authors: Miller, Ryan, Omead Amidi, Delouis, Mark
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Carnegie Mellon University 1999
• Subjects: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics; FOS Computer and information sciences; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1184/r1/6551978; https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/Arctic_Test_Flights_of_the_CMU_Autonomous_Helicopter/6551978

This paper presents our experiences during the test flights of the CMU autonomous helicopter in the Canadian Arctic, the first deployment of this technology for a real-world application. The mission required building dense topological maps of Devon Island’s Haughton crater for NASA scientists studying Mars-analog environments. The paper presents our system design and preparation, flight test results, and example maps produced by the onboard laser-based mapping system during the mission. ...