ADE (OG10)
Autonomous Decision Making in Very Long Traverses

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Within the project ADE – Autonomous Decision Making a rover system is developed that is capable of choosing scientifically interesting sites during a long distance autonomous traverse on celestial bodies. Main goal of the project is the conduction of a long autonomous traverse (>1km) in natural, Mars or Moon analogue terrain.
Duration: | 01.02.2019 till 30.04.2021 |
Donee: | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH |
Sponsor: | European Union |
Grant number: | Grant-No: GA 821988 |
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GMV Aerospace and Defence SA, Spain Joanneum Research, AustriaThales Alenia Space Italia SPA, Italy Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, Germany Trasys International EEIG, Belgium Magellium SAS, France Airbus Defence and Space Ltd, Great Britan University of Oxford, Great Britain King's College London, Great Britain Universite Grenoble Alpes, France GMV Innovating Solutions Ltd, Great Britain Universidad de Malaga, Spain Universita Del Salento, Italy |
Application Field: | Space Robotics |
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Related Robots: |
SherpaTT
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Videos
EU space project ADE: Final field testing in Wulsbüttel with DFKI rover SherpaTT
ADE(OG10): Autonomous Space Robotics Navigation Tests with rover SherpaTT at Galopprennbahn Bremen
ADE (OG10): Autonomous Decision Making in Very Long Traverses
Copyright: Video courtesy GMV; Music “Battle of the kings” composed by Per Kiilstofte (Machinimasound)
Publications
2021
On the role of feature and signal selection for terrain learning in planetary exploration robots
In Journal of Field Robotics, n/a, volume n/a, number n/a, pages n/a, Dec/2021.
ADE: Enhancing Autonomy for Future Planetary Robotic Exploration
In Proceedings of the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, (IAC-2021), 25.10.-29.10.2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, IAF, Oct/2021. International Astonautical Federation (IAF).
2020
ADE: Autonomous Decision Making in Very Long Traverses
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '20), (i-SAIRAS-2020), 19.10.-23.10.2020, Online-Conference, CA, n.n., Oct/2020.
Using a Rover's Active Suspension System as a 2-Axis Solar Tracker Mechanism
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '20), (i-SAIRAS-2020), 19.10.-23.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Enhancing Mobile Manipulation with Synchronized Arm-Locomotion Control
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '20), (i-SAIRAS-2020), 19.10.-23.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Space Robotics Software Testing with the Hybrid Locomotion Rover SherpaTT and a Validation Toolset
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '20), (i-SAIRAS-2020), 19.9.-23.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Deep Terrain Estimation for Planetary Rovers
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS'20), (iSAIRAS-2020), 19.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Terrain sensing for planetary rovers
In Proceedings of 3rd IFToMM ITALY, (IFIT-2020), 09.9.2020, Online, n.n., Sep/2020.
Terrain Estimation for Planetary Exploration Robots
In Applied Sciences, MDPI, volume 10, number 17 (6044), pages 1-15, Sep/2020.
Common Data Fusion Framework: An open-source Common Data Fusion Framework for space robotics
Editors: David Portugal, Francisco Rico
In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, SAGE Journals, volume 17, number 2, pages 1-15, Mar/2020.
2019
Space Robotic Systems and Artificial Intelligence in the Context of the European Space Technology Roadmap
In Proceedings of Space Tech Conferences, 19.11.-21.11.2019, Bremen, o.A., 2019.