Desert (philosophy)

Stanley: The robot that won the DARPA Grand Challenge

Sebastian Thrun, Mike Montemerlo, Hendrik Dahlkamp, David Stavens, Andrei Aron, James Diebel, Philip Fong, John T. Gale, Morgan Halpenny, Gabriel Hoffmann, Kenny Lau, Celia M. Oakley, Mark Palatucci, Vaughan Pratt, Pascal Stang, Sven Strohband, Cédric Dupont, Lars‐Erik Jendrossek, Christian Koelen, Charles Markey, Carlo Rummel, Joe van Niekerk, Eric L. N. Jensen, Philippe Alessandrini, Gary Bradski, Bob Davies, Scott Ettinger, Adrian Kaehler, Ara Nefian, Pamela Mahoney

Citations: 2109 • 2006

Comparison of MISR and AERONET aerosol optical depths over desert sites

John V. Martonchik, David J. Diner, Ralph A. Kahn, B. J. Gaitley, B. N. Holben

Citations: 240 • 2004

Stanley: The Robot That Won the DARPA Grand Challenge

Sebastian Thrun, Mike Montemerlo, Hendrik Dahlkamp, David Stavens, Andrei Aron, James Diebel, Philip Fong, John T. Gale, Morgan Halpenny, Gabriel Hoffmann, Kenny Lau, Celia M. Oakley, Mark Palatucci, Vaughan Pratt, Pascal Stang, Sven Strohband, Cédric Dupont, Lars‐Erik Jendrossek, Christian Koelen, Charles Markey, Carlo Rummel, Joe van Niekerk, Eric L. N. Jensen, Philippe Alessandrini, Gary Bradski, Bob Davies, Scott Ettinger, Adrian Kaehler, Ara Nefian, Pamela Mahoney

Citations: 234 • 2007

AntBot: A six-legged walking robot able to home like desert ants in outdoor environments

Julien Dupeyroux, Julien Serres, Stéphane Viollet

Citations: 175 • 2019

A robust approach to high‐speed navigation for unrehearsed desert terrain

Chris Urmson, Charlie Ragusa, David C. Ray, Joshua Anhalt, Daniel Bartz, Tugrul Galatali, Josh Johnston, Sam Harbaugh, Hiroki “Yu” Kato, William Messner, Nick Miller, Kevin Peterson, Bryon M. Smith, Jarrod Snider, Spencer Spiker, Jason Ziglar, William “Red” Whittaker, Michael Clark, Phillip L. Koon, Aaron Mosher, Josh Struble

Citations: 142 • 2006

A Robust Approach to High-Speed Navigation for Unrehearsed Desert Terrain

Chris Urmson, Joshua Anhalt, Daniel Bartz, Michael Clark, Tugrul Galatali, Sam Harbaugh, Josh Johnston, Hiroki “Yu” Kato, Phillip L. Koon, William Messner, Nick Miller, Aaron Mosher, Kevin Peterson, Charlie Ragusa, David C. Ray, Bryon M. Smith, Jarrod Snider, Spencer Spiker, Josh Struble, Jason Ziglar, William “Red” Whittaker

Citations: 139 • 2007

How desert ants use a visual landmark for guidance along a habitual route

M. J. Collett

Citations: 121 • 2010

Winning the DARPA Grand Challenge

Sebastian Thrun

Citations: 81 • 2006

Developing Nomad for robotic exploration of the Atacama Desert

David Wettergreen, Deepak Bapna, Mark Maimone, Geb Thomas

Citations: 59 • 1999

Navigation Results from Desert Field Tests of the Rocky 7 Mars Rover Prototype

R. Volpe

Citations: 58 • 1999

Second Experiments in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert of Chile

David Wettergreen, N. A. Cabrol, V. Baskaran, Fernando Luna Calderón, S. Heys, Dominic Jonak, Allan Lüders, D. Pane, Maurice Smith, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, Davide Villa, Christopher B. Williams, Michael Wagner, Alan S. Waggoner, Sharon Weinstein, W. Whittaker

Citations: 58 • 2005

The Atacama Desert Trek: outcomes

Deepak Bapna, E. Rollins, John Murphy, E. Maimone, W. Whittaker, David Wettergreen

Citations: 45 • 2002

Atacama Desert Trek: A Planetary Analog Field Experiment

William “Red” Whittaker, Deepak Bapna, Mark Maimone, E. Rollins

Citations: 41 • 1997

Operating Nomad during the Atacama Desert Trek

David Wettergreen, Maria Bualat, Daniel G. Christian, Kurt Schwehr, Hans Thomas, Deanne Tucker, Eric Zbinden

Citations: 33 • 1998

Development of the Tri-ATHLETE Lunar Vehicle Prototype

M. Heverly, Jaret Matthews, Matt Frost, C. J. C. McQuin

Citations: 33 • 2010

March of the sandbots

Daniel I. Goldman, Haldun Komsuoḡlu, Daniel E. Koditschek

Citations: 31 • 2009

First Experiments in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert of Chile

David Wettergreen, Nathalie A. Cabrol, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, C. Urmson, Vandana Verma, Michael Wagner, W. Whittaker

Citations: 26 • 2006

Dynamics and stability of directional jumps in the desert locust

Omer Gvirsman, Gábor Kósa, Amir Ayali

Citations: 24 • 2016

Virginia Tech’s Twin Contenders: A Comparative Study of Reactive and Deliberative Navigation

Brett M. Leedy, Joseph S. Putney, Cheryl Bauman, Stephen Cacciola, J. Michael Webster, Charles F. Reinholtz

Citations: 19 • 2007

Nomad Rover Field Experiment, Atacama Desert, Chile: 2. Identification of paleolife evidence using a robotic vehicle: Lessons and recommendations for a Mars sample return mission

Nathalie A. Cabrol, E. Arthur Bettis, Brian F. Glenister, Guillermo Chong, Christian Herrera, Arturo Jensen, Maria Helena Rocha Pereira, C. Stoker, E. A. Grin, R. Landheim, Geb Thomas, Jennifer E. Golden, K. Saville, Greg A. Ludvigson, Brian J. Witzke

Citations: 17 • 2001