Reality Capture Technologies, Inc.

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Telepresence on the Mars Pathfinder Mission
Theodore T. Blackmon. PhD October 15, 2002
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Controlling Remote Robots

• Challenges in Remote Control of Planetary Rovers
• Time Delay
• Limited Communication Bandwidth
• Understanding the Environment

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Mars Pathfinder - 1997
Distributed Operations
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MarsMap Stereo Pipeline
Stereo Images
Rover
Photo-realistic 3D Model
Left
Right
Disparity Map
Mars
Surface Mesh
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Telepresence Archive
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Internet Access
http//mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/roversci/site-map-men
u.html
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Science Analysis and Goals
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Command Planning Simulation
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Thank You
Theodore T. Blackmon. PhD ted.blackmon_at_reality-cap
ture.com