During Mars Exploration Rover (MER) surface operations, the scientific data gathered by the in situ instrument suite has been invaluable with respect to the discovery of a significant water history at Meridiani Planum and the hint of water processes at work in Gusev Crater. Specifically, the ability to perform precision manipulation from a mobile platform (i.e., mobile manipulation) has been a critical part of the successful operation of Spirit and Opportunity rovers. As such, this paper describes the MER Instrument Positioning System that allows the in situ instruments to operate and collect their important science data using a robust, dexterous robotic arm combined with visual target selection and autonomous software functions.


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    Title :

    The Mars Exploration Rover Instrument Positioning System



    Conference:

    International IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2005 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2005-03-05


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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