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Title: The Embudito Mission: A Case Study of the Systematics of Autonomous Ground Mobile Robots

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/786622· OSTI ID:786622

Ground mobile robots are much in the mind of defense planners at this time, being considered for a significant variety of missions with a diversity ranging from logistics supply to reconnaissance and surveillance. While there has been a very large amount of basic research funded in the last quarter century devoted to mobile robots and their supporting component technologies, little of this science base has been fully developed and deployed--notable exceptions being NASA's Mars rover and several terrestrial derivatives. The material in this paper was developed as a first exemplary step in the development of a more systematic approach to the R and D of ground mobile robots.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
786622
Report Number(s):
SAND2001-0193; TRN: AH200132%%348
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English