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Efficient Autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources (Paper Review)-Part 2

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Paper Name:-   Efficient autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources Author Name:-  Levin  Gerdes, Martin  Azkarat, José Ricardo Sánchez‐Ibáñez, Luc Joudrier, Carlos Jesús Perez‐del‐Pulgar DOI:-  10.1002/rob.21981 (Please refer to the paper for the reference that I have mentioned in the review and want to know more about the topic) Note:- This is a second part of the paper review if you haven't read the first part of it. I suggest you should first part first. Building Blocks for the efficient autonomous navigation The authors describe the three key components they created for achieving the proposed efficient autonomous navigation mode with hazard avoidance capabilities. The trajectory control, hazard identification, and local path planner are the components in question. Our objective is to present a realistic approach for speedier autonomous navigation for Mars planetary rovers on terrains of low to moderate difficulty. While the approach presented here is int

Efficient Autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources (Paper Review)-Part 1

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 Paper Name:-  Efficient autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources Author Name:-  Levin Gerdes, Martin  Azkarat, José Ricardo Sánchez‐Ibáñez, Luc Joudrier, Carlos Jesús Perez‐del‐Pulgar DOI:-  10.1002/rob.21981 (Please refer to the paper for the reference that I have mentioned in the review and want to know more about the topic) Introduction:- The ExoMars rover, one of the European Space Agency's most famous missions to date, will launch in 2022. ExoMars is a six-wheeled rover with a sophisticated drill system and laboratory equipment that will study Mars' underground soil in search of life. The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), launched in early 2018, will serve as a communication relay, allowing bidirectional contact between the rover and the ground. Communication with the rover may only be possible twice every Sol due to limits on the allocation of deep space antennas and the TGO's orbital track (Martian day). The rover can only relay telemetry data back t

Role of Methane in Astronomy

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Methane plays an important role in the atmospheres of many cool stars and exoplanets. Methane spectra have been proved very useful for astronomers to study different atmospheric characteristics of exoplanets and stars. Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere. Methane plays an important role in combustion. Using infrared CH4 spectra, the hydrocarbon combustion processes can be observed. While in astrophysical atmospheres, methane has many vital roles. The CH4 absorption ranging from 1.0 to 2.5 μm is a characteristic property of T-type brown dwarfs. Thus T-type brown dwarfs can be identified directly through the "methane imaging". Similarly, absorption at around 3.3 μm is used to identify L-type dwarfs. Similar absorptions were also found in many large planets and even in the atmosphere of Titan (the second-largest moon of Saturn). However, along with methane absorption, water vapour absorption and carbon monoxide absorption are also needed