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Autonomous Hybrid Ground/Aerial Mobility in Unknown Environments
David D. Fan, Rohan Thakker, Tara Bartlett +4
Hybrid ground and aerial vehicles can possess distinct advantages over ground-only or flight-only designs in terms of energy savings and increased mobility. In this work we outline…
Towards Resilient Autonomous Navigation of Drones
Angel Santamaria-Navarro, Rohan Thakker, David D. Fan +2
Robots and particularly drones are especially useful in exploring extreme environments that pose hazards to humans. To ensure safe operations in these situations, usually perceptua…
Where to Map? Iterative Rover-Copter Path Planning for Mars Exploration
Takahiro Sasaki, Kyohei Otsu, Rohan Thakker +2
In addition to conventional ground rovers, the Mars 2020 mission will send a helicopter to Mars. The copter's high-resolution data helps the rover to identify small hazards such as…