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Automated Purgatoid Identification: Final ReportDriving on Mars is hazardous: technical problems and unforeseen natural hazards can end a mission quickly at the worst, or result in long delays at best. This project is focused on helping to mitigate hazards posed to rovers by purgatoids: small (less than 1 m high, less than 10 m wide), ripple-like eolian bedforms commonly found scattered across the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. Due to the poorly consolidated nature of purgatoids and multiple past episodes of rovers getting stuck in them, identification and avoidance of these eolian bedforms is an important feature of rover path planning (NASA, 2011).
Document ID
20150006108
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other
External Source(s)
Authors
Wood, Steven
Date Acquired
April 22, 2015
Publication Date
August 1, 2011
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
MatLab
Mars Terrain Classifier
Automated Purgatoid Identification Algorithm

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