PRoVisG

PRoVisG ( Planetary Robotics Vision Ground Processing) is a collaborative project within the seventh framework program of the European Commission. PRoVisG to EU and U.S. research institutions and stakeholders to bring together who work in the field of robotic vision and navigation. The aim is to develop a unified and general approach for the processing of robotic exploration missions. The project started on 1 October 2008; the project duration should be 39 months.

Objectives

The objectives of the project include the development of a single European system for processing planetary visual data, the development of existing technology to litigate future and existing data from planetary missions better and can represent and the perception of planetary robotic mission to improve public and to underline the European role in the scientific evaluation.

Project

As part of PRoVisG, robotic planetary space missions are defined as unmanned missions, which make exploration of planetary surfaces and atmospheres of objects outside the earth on site. Most missions of this kind make use of mobile devices such as surface vehicles, rovers, or aircraft such as balloons or Aerobots. There are the mobile devices that are most critical for such a mission. They require rapid processing of image data and a reasonable representation of the results on the ground ( for example, in the control centers ) to ensure effective planning of the ongoing mission and mostly limited lifetime of the vehicle to make maximum use.

The PRoVisG consortium sees that the number and forms of such robotic platforms will increase in the future and more autonomy than currently seems possible will be necessary. PRoVisG provides the building blocks for future autonomous sensing systems in terms of robotic visualization.

The project will develop a unified and generic approach for Robotic Vision Bodenprozessierung. The exchange of algorithms and methods shall be made so that at any time of the mission development and implementation a tool is available on the state of the art European computer vision. The implementation or adaptation of computer vision Prozessierungskomponenten is realized within the project to provide a processing chain for this purpose.

A main result is an Internet-based geographic information system (GIS ) that allows the call to be a comprehensive Datenprozessierungskette and the visualization of results, and metadata processing steps. A user should be able to see where the processed data were recorded, of how much observation points of these were acquired, covering the data which areas and which instruments were used. These results are to be placed in a temporal and spatial context to the Prozessierungsergebnissen.

Partner

  • Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria ( coordinator)
  • Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
  • German Centre for Aerospace, Berlin, Germany
  • Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • SciSys, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • EADS Astrium, Stevenage, United Kingdom
  • Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • University College London, London, United Kingdom
  • Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America
  • University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
  • University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • CNES, Toulouse, France
  • University of Bremen, Marum, Bremen, Germany

Other partners:

  • JPL, Pasadena, United States of America
  • University of Leicester, UK
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