Autonomous Terrain Classification for Planetary Rover

In order to improve autonomous mobility of planetary rover, many works have recently focused on non-geometric features of surrounding terrain such as color, texture, and wheel-soil interaction mechanics (Dima et al., 2004; Halatci et al., 2007; Helmick et al., 2009; Ishigami et al., 2007). To tackle with the issue, most of them propose to utilize on-board sensors such as multi-spectral imagers, CCD cameras, laser range sensor, and accelerometer.