Rover navigation and localization

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Clark F. Olson and Andreas O. Robinson. Camera-Aided Human Navigation: Advances and Challenges. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Emerging Signal Processing Applications, pages 75-78, January 2012.
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Clark F. Olson, Larry H. Matthies, Marcel Schoppers, and Mark W. Maimone, Rover Navigation Using Stereo Ego-motion, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 43(4):215-229, June 2003.
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Ron Li, Fei Ma, Fengliang Xu, Larry H. Matthies, Clark F. Olson and Raymond E. Arvidson, "Localization of Mars Rovers Using Descent and Surface-Based Image Data," Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 107(E11): FIDO4 1-8, November 2002.
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Clark F. Olson, Selecting Landmarks for Localization in Natural Terrain, Autonomous Robots, 12(2): 201-210, March 2002.
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Clark F. Olson, Larry H. Matthies, Marcel Schoppers, and Mark W. Maimone. Stereo Ego-motion Improvements for Robust Rover Navigation. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 1099-1104, 2001.
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Clark F. Olson, Larry H. Matthies, Marcel Schoppers, and Mark W. Maimone. Robust Stereo Ego-motion for Long Distance Navigation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, volume 2, pages 453-458, 2000.
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Richard Volpe, Tara Estlin, Sharon Laubach, Clark F. Olson, and J. (Bob) Balaram. Enhanced Mars Rover Navigation Techniques. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 926-931, 2000.
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Clark F. Olson, "Probabilistic Self-Localization for Mobile Robots," IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 16(1): 55-66, February 2000.
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Clark F. Olson. Subpixel Localization and Uncertainty Estimation Using Occupancy Grids. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 1987-1992, 1999.
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Sharon L. Laubach, Clark F. Olson, Joel W. Burdick, and Samad Hayati. Long Range Navigation for Mars Rovers Using Sensor-Based Path Planning and Visual Localisation. In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, pages 455-461, 1999.
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Clark F. Olson and Larry H. Matthies. Maximum Likelihood Rover Localization by Matching Range Maps. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 272-277, 1998.
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Larry H. Matthies, Clark F. Olson, Greg Tharp, and Sharon Laubach. Visual Localization Methods for Mars Rovers using Lander, Rover, and Descent Imagery. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, pages 413-418, 1997.
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