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Cognitive Maps for Planetary Rovers

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This essay explores the problem of providing both autonomy and safety for a planetary rover too far away for continuous teleoperated control. Evidence from animal and human spatial behavior suggests useful characteristics for the sensory system and cognitive map of a planetary rover. I then sketch a design for a mixed-initiative exploration strategy for a semi-intelligent rover with a remote human operator, and describe some questions to be resolved by further research.

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Kuipers, B. Cognitive Maps for Planetary Rovers. Autonomous Robots 11, 325–331 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012463728877

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