Paper Info
Title
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Autonomous Helicopter Testbed: A platform for planetary exploration technology research and development
Abstract
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Autonomous Helicopter Testbed (AHT), an aerial robot based upon a radio-controlled model helicopter, provides a small low-cost platform for developing and field testing new technologies needed for future space missions. The AHT helps cover the test space in a complementary fashion to other methods, such as rocket sleds or parachute drops. The AHT design and implementation is presented as well as experimental results and milestones achieved since its creation in 2001. In addition, technologies we are developing and testing are described. These include image-based hazard detection and avoidance algorithms for safe landing in dangerous terrain and an extended Kalman filter that augments inertial navigation with image-based motion estimates to enable pin-point landing. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1002/rob.20110
JOURNAL OF FIELD ROBOTICS
Field
DocType
Volume
Inertial navigation system,Extended Kalman filter,Simulation,Aerospace engineering,Jet propulsion,Testbed,Space exploration,Engineering,In-space propulsion technologies,Robot,Rocket
Journal
23
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3-4
1556-4959
14
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.82
17
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James F. Montgomery147066.96
Andrew Johnson2148995.14
Stergios I. Roumeliotis32124151.96
Larry H. Matthies495879.64