Towards autonomous planetary exploration: The Lightweight Rover Unit (LRU), its success in the SpaceBotCamp challenge, and beyond

MJ Schuster, SG Brunner, K Bussmann… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2019 - Springer
Planetary exploration poses many challenges for a robot system: From weight and size
constraints to extraterrestrial environment conditions, which constrain the suitable sensors …

Evaluating methods for end-user creation of robot task plans

C Paxton, F Jonathan, A Hundt, B Mutlu… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
How can we enable users to create effective, perception-driven task plans for collaborative
robots? We conducted a 35-person user study with the Behavior Tree-based CoSTAR …

ARDEA—An MAV with skills for future planetary missions

P Lutz, MG Müller, M Maier, S Stoneman… - Journal of Field …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We introduce a prototype flying platform for planetary exploration: autonomous robot design
for extraterrestrial applications (ARDEA). Communication with unmanned missions beyond …

Intuitive Instruction of Robot Systems: Semantic Integration of Standardized Skill Interfaces

J Ding, I Kessler, A Perzylo, M Knaueri… - 2024 IEEE 22nd …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work aims at facilitating the integration of industrial robots and other devices such as
their gripper tools at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). For this purpose, an …

[PDF][PDF] Intuitive robot programming for novice and expert user

FJ Steinmetz - scholar.archive.org
Robots have revolutionized industrial automation. Automation has many advantages—for
employees and companies alike—and counteracts the shortage of skilled workers. That is …