1. Skyline matching: absolute localisation for planetary exploration rovers
- Author
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Magellium, Pérez González, Juan Jesús, Pérennou, Tanguy, Le Cabec, Loïc, Villanueva Rourera, Emma, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Magellium, Pérez González, Juan Jesús, Pérennou, Tanguy, Le Cabec, Loïc, and Villanueva Rourera, Emma
- Abstract
Skyline matching is a technique for absolute localisation framed in the category of autonomous long-range exploration. Absolute localisation becomes crucial for planetary exploration to recalibrate position during long traverses or to estimate position with no a-priori information. In this project, a skyline matching algorithm is proposed, implemented and evaluated using real acquisitions and simulated data. The function is based on comparing the skyline extracted from rover images and orbital data. The results are promising but intensive testing on more real data is needed to further characterize the algorithm.
- Published
- 2022