Planetary exploration

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: a Robot Invasion of the Solar System

Rodney A. Brooks, Anita M. Flynn

Citations: 187 • 1989

Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration

Ian Crawford, M. Anand, Charles S. Cockell, H. Falcke, D.A. Green, R. Jaumann, M. A. Wieczorek

Citations: 177 • 2012

Evolution of space drones for planetary exploration: A review

Mostafa Hassanalian, Devyn Rice, Abdessattar Abdelkefi

Citations: 174 • 2018

Self‐supervised terrain classification for planetary surface exploration rovers

Christopher Brooks, Karl Iagnemma

Citations: 130 • 2012

Learning-Based Methods of Perception and Navigation for Ground Vehicles in Unstructured Environments: A Review

Dario Calogero Guastella, Giovanni Muscato

Citations: 123 • 2020

Slippage estimation and compensation for planetary exploration rovers. State of the art and future challenges

Ramón González, Karl Iagnemma

Citations: 122 • 2017

Scientific exploration of challenging planetary analog environments with a team of legged robots

Philip Arm, Gabriel Waibel, Jan Preisig, Turcan Tuna, Ruyi Zhou, Valentin Bickel, Gabriela Ligeza, Takahiro Miki, Florian Kehl, Hendrik Kolvenbach, Marco Hutter

Citations: 104 • 2023

The ExoMars rover locomotion subsystem

Nildeep Patel, R. Slade, J. Clemmet

Citations: 102 • 2010

Traversability index: a new concept for planetary rovers

H. Seraji

Citations: 100 • 2003

The ARCHES Space-Analogue Demonstration Mission: Towards Heterogeneous Teams of Autonomous Robots for Collaborative Scientific Sampling in Planetary Exploration

Martin J. Schuster, Marcus Müller, Sebastian G. Brunner, Hannah Lehner, Peter Lehner, Ryo Sakagami, Andreas Dömel, Lukas Meyer, Bernhard Vodermayer, Riccardo Giubilato, Mallikarjuna Vayugundla, Josef Reill, Florian Steidle, Ingo von Bargen, Kristin Bussmann, Rico Belder, Philipp Lutz, Wolfgang Stürzl, Michal Smíšek, Moritz Maier, Samantha Stoneman, André Fonseca Prince, Bernhard Rebele, Maximilian Durner, Emanuel Staudinger, Siwei Zhang, Robert Pöhlmann, Esther Bischoff, Christian Alexander Braun, Susanne Schröder, Enrico Dietz, Sven Frohmann, Anko Börner, Heinz‐Wilhelm Hübers, B. H. Foing, Rudolph Triebel, Alin Albu‐Schäffer, Armin Wedler

Citations: 98 • 2020

Micro-hopping robot for asteroid exploration

Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Takashi Kubota, Ichiro Nakatani, Tadashi Adachi, Hiroaki Saito

Citations: 91 • 2003

Axel and DuAxel rovers for the sustainable exploration of extreme terrains

Issa Nesnas, Jaret Matthews, Pablo Abad‐Manterola, Joel W. Burdick, Jeffrey A. Edlund, Jack Morrison, Robert D. Peters, Melissa M. Tanner, Robert N. Miyake, Benjamin Solish, Robert C. Anderson

Citations: 90 • 2012

A Versatile Ionomer‐Based Soft Actuator with Multi‐Stimulus Responses, Self‐Sustainable Locomotion, and Photoelectric Conversion

Longfei Chang, Dongping Wang, Zhishan Huang, Chaofan Wang, Janno Torop, Bo Li, Yanjie Wang, Ying Hu, Alvo Aabloo

Citations: 88 • 2022

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Karl Iagnemma, Adam K. Rzepniewski, Steven Dubowsky, Paolo Pirjanian, Terrance L. Huntsberger, Paul S. Schenker

Citations: 86 • 2000

Slippage and immobilization detection for planetary exploration rovers via machine learning and proprioceptive sensing

Ramón González, Dimi Apostolopoulos, Karl Iagnemma

Citations: 85 • 2017

Terrain trafficability analysis and soil mechanical property identification for planetary rovers: A survey

S. Chhaniyara, Christopher Brunskill, Brian Yeomans, M. Matthews, Chakravarthini M. Saaj, Stephen Ransom, Linda Richter

Citations: 83 • 2012

Autonomous rovers for Mars exploration

R. Washington, Keith Golden, John Bresina, David E. Smith, C F Anderson, Trey Smith

Citations: 81 • 1999

50 years of rovers for planetary exploration: A retrospective review for future directions

T. J. Mateo Sanguino

Citations: 78 • 2017

Environment–robot interaction—the basis for mobility in planetary micro-rovers

Alex Ellery

Citations: 73 • 2005

Aerodynamic Decelerators for Planetary Exploration: Past, Present, and Future

Juan R. Cruz, J. Lingard

Citations: 72 • 2006