Editor: Lutz Richter and Ramon Gonzalez

The robotics domain is a ISTVS key theme. In this inaugural post for the ISTVS Resource Guide Initiative, the ISTVS Planetary Robotics Group is pleased to share these resources of interest to the planetary robotics community.



  1. MIT Robotics Mobility Group planetary robotics bibliography, Websites and Software Tools, and YouTube video

ROBOTIC MOBILITY GROUP – MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Top 10 Publications, as of April 2018

  1. R. Gonzalez, M. Fiacchini, and K. Iagnemma; Slippage Prediction for Off-Road Mobile Robots via Machine Learning Regression and Proprioceptive Sensing; Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 105, Pages 85–93, July 2018.
  2. R. Gonzalez, D. Apostolopoulos, K. Iagnemma; Slippage and Immobilization Detection for Planetary Exploration Rovers via Machine Learning and Proprioceptive Sensing; Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 35. No. 2. Pages 231-247. March 2018.
  3. R. Gonzalez and K. Iagnemma; Slippage Estimation and Compensation for Planetary Exploration Rovers. State of the Art and Future Challenges; Journal of Field Robotics, 2017.
  4. M.R. Bouguelia, R. Gonzalez, K. Iagnemma, S. Byttner; Unsupervised Detection of Soil Embedding Events for Planetary Exploration Rovers; Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 73, Pages 95-106, October 2017.
  5. R. Gonzalez, A. Lopez, K. Iagnemma; Thermal Vision, Moisture Content, and Vegetation in the Context of Off-Road Mobile Robots; Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 70, Pp. 35-48, April 2017.
  6. R. Gonzalez, P. Jayakumar, K. Iagnemma; Generation of Stochastic Mobility Maps for Large-Scale Route Planning of Ground Vehicles. A Case Study; Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 69, Pp. 1-11, February 2017.
  7. R. Gonzalez, P. Jayakumar, K. Iagnemma; Stochastic Mobility Prediction of Ground Vehicles over Large Spatial Regions. A Geostatistical Approach; Autonomous Robots, Volume 41(2), Pp. 313-331, January 2017.
  8. Gonzalez, P. Jayakumar, K. Iagnemma; An Efficient Method for Increasing the Accuracy of Mobility Maps for Ground Vehicles; Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 68, Pp. 23–35, December 2016.
  9. R. Gonzalez, F. Rodriguez, J.L. Guzman; Autonomous Tracked Robots in Planar Off-Road Conditions. Modelling, Localization, and Motion Control. Springer, 2014.
  10. K. Iagnemma and S. Dubowsky, Mobile Robots in Rough Terrain: Estimation, Motion Planning, and Control with application to Planetary Rovers. Springer, 2004.

Websites and Software Tools