Extensions to the Visual Odometry Pipeline for the Exploration of Planetary Surfaces

• Main Author: Furgale, Paul
• Other Authors: Barfoot, Timothy D., Aerospace Science and Engineering
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Subjects: 0538; 0771; Arctic; Devon Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31753

Mars represents one of the most important targets for space exploration in the next 10 to 30 years, particularly because of evidence of liquid water in the planet's past. Current environmental conditions dictate that any existing water reserves will be in the form of ice; finding and sampling t...