ANT
AUTONOMOUS NON-WHEELED ALL-TERRAIN ROVER
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Navigation system for legged robots for traversing unconsolidated, inclined, and rugged terrain.
Duration: | 27.01.2021 till 26.10.2022 |
Donee: | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH |
Sponsor: | ESA |
Grant number: | ESA AO/1-10289/20/NL/RA |
Partner: |
Italian Institute of Technology Airbus Defence and Space Ltd. |
Application Field: | Space Robotics |
Related Projects: |
Entern
Environment Modelling and Navigation for Robotic Space-Exploration
(10.2014- 12.2017)
VIPE
Exploration in terrain difficult to access (e.g. Valles Marineris) using visual and proprioceptive data.
(05.2015- 06.2018)
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Related Robots: |
CREX
Crater Explorer
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Project details
The objective of the activity is to develop the ANT navigation system for legged robots. It will be able to perceive the terrain, to plan a path to a desired goal and to control the path execution while traversing unconsolidated, inclined, and rugged terrain. A modular generic approach is being developed to exploit the potential of robots with four (quadrupeds) as well as with six legs (hexapods).