John R. Wright
California Institute of Technology
20 Papers
290 Citations
John R. Wright is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Exploration of Mars & Mars Exploration Program. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 20 publications.
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Papers
Spirit Mars Rover Mission: Overview and selected results from the northern Home Plate Winter Haven to the side of Scamander crater
Raymond E. Arvidson,James F. Bell,P. Bellutta,N. A. Cabrol,N. A. Cabrol,Jeffrey G. Catalano,J. Cohen,Larry S. Crumpler,David J. Des Marais,Tara Estlin,William H. Farrand,R. Gellert,John A. Grant,Rebecca N. Greenberger,Edward A. Guinness,K. E. Herkenhoff,Jennifer Herman,Karl Iagnemma,Jeffrey R. Johnson,Göstar Klingelhöfer,R. Li,K. A. Lichtenberg,S. Maxwell,D. W. Ming,R. V. Morris,Melissa S. Rice,Steven W. Ruff,Amy Shaw,Kirsten L. Siebach,P. A. de Souza,Ashley Stroupe,Steven W. Squyres,R. J. Sullivan,Kevin P. Talley,Julie Townsend,Alian Wang,John R. Wright,Albert S. Yen +37 more
TL;DR: For example, the Spirit Mars Rover Mission as mentioned in this paper selected results from the northern Home Plate Winter Haven to the side of Scamander crater, showing that the rover was able to explore the interior of the Mars Mars Rover.
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Mars Exploration Rover surface operations: driving spirit at Gusev Crater
P.C. Leger,Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu,John R. Wright,Scott Maxwell,R.G. Bonitz,Jeffrey J. Biesiadecki,Frank Hartman,Brian Cooper,Eric T. Baumgartner,Mark Maimone +9 more
- 01 Oct 2005
TL;DR: Spirit has achieved increases in efficiency, accuracy, and traverse capability through increasingly complex command sequences, growing experience, and updates to the on-board and ground-based software.
Mars Exploration Rover surface operations: driving opportunity at Meridiani Planum
Jeffrey J. Biesiadecki,Eric T. Baumgartner,R.G. Bonitz,Brian Cooper,Frank Hartman,P.C. Leger,Mark Maimone,Scott Maxwell,A. Trebi-Ollenu,Edward Tunstel,John R. Wright +10 more
- 01 Oct 2005
TL;DR: The experience of driving Opportunity through this alien landscape during its first 400 days on Mars is detailed, from the point of view of the other rover planners, the people who tell the rover where to drive and how to use its robotic arm.
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Visual terrain mapping for Mars exploration
TL;DR: 3D terrain maps are generated using a system for unifying multi-resolution models and integrating three-dimensional terrains to support and improve long-range navigation capabilities of the Mars rover.
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Visual terrain mapping for Mars exploration
Clark F. Olson,Larry Matthies,John R. Wright,Rongxing Li,Kaichang Di +4 more
- 06 Mar 2004
TL;DR: 3D terrain maps are generated using a system for unifying multi-resolution models and integrating three-dimensional terrains to support and improve long-range navigation capabilities of the Mars rover.
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