Artificial Intelligence

Considering slip-track for energy-efficient paths of skid-steer rovers
Skid-steer rovers consume a lot more power in point turns compared to straight line motion. As energy is the integral of power over …
Meysam Effati, Jean-Sebastien Fiset, Krzysztof Skonieczny
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Detecting novelties on planetary surfaces with autoencoders
In the domain of planetary science, novelty detection is quickly gaining attention because of the operational solutions it offers, …
Braden Stefanuk, Alexis Pascual, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Kenneth Mcisaac, Kaizad Raimalwala, Evan Smal, Michele Faragalli
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Lightweight robotic excavation
Planetary excavators face unique and extreme engineering constraints relative to terrestrial counterparts. In space missions mass is …
Krzysztof Skonieczny
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Design and field experimentation of a prototype lunar prospector
Scarab is a prototype rover for Lunar missions to survey resources in polar craters. It is designed as a prospector that would use a …
David Wettergreen, Scott Moreland, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Dominic Jonak, David Kohanbash, James Teza
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