5 papers
Sharing the Load: Autonomous Multi-Rover Cargo Transport
Alexander Krawciw, Luka Antonyshyn, Sven Lilge +5
A future lunar habitat, as part of the Artemis program, will require a significant amount of logistics infrastructure. Cargo that is transported to the Moon will need to be moved f…
FoMo: A Multi-Season Dataset for Robot Navigation in Forêt Montmorency
MatÄj Boxan, Gabriel Jeanson, Alexander Krawciw +5
The Forêt Montmorency (FoMo) dataset is a comprehensive multi-season data collection, recorded over the span of one year in a boreal forest. Featuring a unique combination of on-…
Lunar Rover Cargo Transport: Mission Concept and Field Test
Alexander Krawciw, Nicolas Olmedo, Faizan Rehmatullah +3
In future operations on the lunar surface, automated vehicles will be required to transport cargo between known locations. Such vehicles must be able to navigate precisely in safe…
UAV See, UGV Do: Aerial Imagery and Virtual Teach Enabling Zero-Shot Ground Vehicle Repeat
Desiree Fisker, Alexander Krawciw, Sven Lilge +2
This paper presents Virtual Teach and Repeat (VirT&R): an extension of the Teach and Repeat (T&R) framework that enables GPS-denied, zero-shot autonomous ground vehicle navigation…
Toward Teach and Repeat Across Seasonal Deep Snow Accumulation
MatÄj Boxan, Alexander Krawciw, Timothy D. Barfoot +1
Teach and repeat is a rapid way to achieve autonomy in challenging terrain and off-road environments. A human operator pilots the vehicles to create a network of paths that are map…