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William Whittaker
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 241
Citations - 11992
William Whittaker is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Robot & Mobile robot. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 228 publications receiving 11232 citations. Previous affiliations of William Whittaker include Carnegie Mellon University & Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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System and method for detecting obstacles in a road
TL;DR: In this article, the edge points of the road are calculated from known road data and projected into the image plane to determine the left and right edge points, where the discontinuities correspond to objects in the road.
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Nomad: a demonstration of the transforming chassis
TL;DR: Details are presented on the design of the transforming chassis including kinematic analysis used in low and high level control and the footprint of the vehicle is changed from a stowed to a deployed position.
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Autonomous Navigation Field Results of a Planetary Analog Robot in Antarctica
TL;DR: The results of this traverse, the ability of stereo vision and laser scanner to perceive polar terrain and the autonomous navigation system used are presented.
Design of the Scarab Rover for Mobility & Drilling in the Lunar Cold Traps
TL;DR: Scarab as discussed by the authors is a demonstration of a lunar rover design to explore polar cold traps for water ice as a potential resource, using a passive kinematic suspension with active adjustability to lower for drilling and aid in driving.
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Second Experiments in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert of Chile
David Wettergreen,Nathalie A. Cabrol,V. Baskaran,F. Calderon,Stuart Heys,Dominic Jonak,A. Lüders,D. Pane,M. Smith,James Teza,Paul Tompkins,D. Villa,C. Williams,Michael Wagner,Alan S. Waggoner,S. Weinstein,William Whittaker +16 more