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Autonomous Navigation without HD Prior Maps
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)Most fielded autonomous driving systems currently rely on High Definition (HD) prior maps both to localize, and to retrieve detailed geometric and semantic information about the environment. This information is necessary ... -
Autonomous onboard guidance and navigation performance for Earth to Mars transfer missions
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Autonomous orbital rendezvous using angles-only navigation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This study assesses navigation performance for rendezvous and close approach applications where on-board navigation must be accomplished through the use of angles-only measurements by developing various relative motion ... -
Autonomous pedestrian interfaces for community networking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Efforts to bridge the digital divide have concentrated on community computer centers dependent on subsidy and constant supervision. This thesis considers the design of public digital interfaces that are physically and ... -
Autonomous planning and resource allocation in reconfigurable smart sensing networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Structural health monitoring (SHM) uses sensor data to quantitatively assess the integrity and performance of infrastructure, as a basis for extending the lifespan of aging systems. Wireless sensor networks promise to ... -
Autonomous powered exoskeleton to improve the efficiency of human walking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)For over a century, technologists have strived to develop autonomous leg exoskeletons that reduce the metabolic energy consumed when humans walk and run, but such technologies have traditionally remained unachievable. In ... -
Autonomous quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle for culvert inspection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This document presents work done to lay the foundation for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system for inspecting culverts. By expanding upon prior progress creating an autonomous indoor quadrotor, many basic hardware and ... -
Autonomous rendezvous and docking with tumbling, uncooperative, and fragile targets under uncertain knowledge
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)As efforts to expand humanity's presence in space continue to increase, a need for spacecraft to autonomously perform in-space close proximity maneuvers without a human operator increases, as well. Such in-space close ... -
Autonomous replication of integrative and conjugative elements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Mobile genetic elements facilitate movement of genes, including those conferring antibiotic resistance and other traits, between bacteria. Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs), also known as conjugative transposons, ... -
Autonomous rock acquisition for a microrover to be used in planetary exploration
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Autonomous routing algorithms for networks with wide-spread failures : a case for differential backlog routing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)We study the performance of a differential backlog routing algorithm in a network with random failures. Differential Backlog routing is a novel routing algorithm where packets are routed through multiple paths to their ... -
Autonomous Sensing and Navigation in Challenging Environments Using Unmanned Air Vehicles in Single- and Multi-Agent Settings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)Small unmanned air systems (UAS), due to their navigational versatility and ability to operate autonomously, serve as an intriguing platform on which to carry out advanced sensing operations in otherwise untraversable or ... -
Autonomous stair climbing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)As the face of warfare changes, the military has started to explore the application of robotics on the battlefield. Robots give soldiers a flexible, technologically advanced, disposable set of eyes and ears to assist them ... -
Autonomous thruster failure recovery for underactuated spacecraft
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Thruster failures historically account for a large percentage of failures that have occurred on orbit. Therefore, autonomous thruster failure detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) is an essential component to any robust ... -
Autonomous underwater data muling using wireless optical communication and agile AUV control
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Underwater exploration and surveillance currently relies on subsea cables and tethers to relay data back to the user. The cause for this is that water heavily absorbs most electromagnetic signals, preventing effective radio ... -
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) path planning and adaptive on-board routing for adaptive rapid environmental assessment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)In shallow water, a large part of underwater acoustic prediction uncertainties are induced by sub-meso-to-small scale oceanographic variabilities. Conventional oceanographic measurements for capturing such ocean-acoustic ... -
Autonomous underwater vehicle navigation and mapping in dynamic, unstructured environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis presents a system for automatically building 3-D optical and bathymetric maps of underwater terrain using autonomous robots. The maps that are built improve the state of the art in resolution by an order of ... -
Autonomous Vehicle Implementation into Existing Garrison Infrastructure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)Military installations exist as hybrid communities and staging areas that support the overarching mission to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. Specifically, the Army is currently reevaluating ... -
Autonomous vehicles : a solution to facilitate human mobility and increase face-to-face interactions : a study inside a large campus organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)The world is and has been in constant change. Disruptive technologies have emerged and integrated into our day to day lives and have radically improved the way we live. Today, in our overly connected world technology is ... -
The autonomy of the political
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis examines and critically assesses five arguments for the autonomy of the political. The arguments I examine are those of Niccol6 Machiavelli, Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, and John Rawls. After ...
