#4530 Model/Simulation: Lunar Rover Training w/Setup and Sensor Inputs
#4530 Model/Simulation: Lunar Rover Training w/Setup and Sensor Inputs #4530 List and describe the various sensors and inputs to a lunar rover. Theses are the types of input that should drive decisions by the rover. Operating an autonomous or semi-autonomous planetary vehicle on the lunar surface requires a highly complex, multi-tiered sensor and input architecture. Because of the Moon's unique challenges—including a lack of an atmosphere or global magnetic field, extreme thermal swings, jagged topography, blinding glare, and completely dark, permanently shadowed regions (PSRs)—the rover's decision-making system must ingest and fuse varied streams of data. To maintain situational awareness and safely fulfill mission objectives, a lunar rover relies on four primary classes of inputs: Spatial & Environmental Perception , Internal State & Kinematics , Global Localization , and In-Situ Scientific Telemetry . 1. Spatial & Environmental Perception Inputs These sensors...