A Dead Reckoning Method Based on Martian Atmosphere Polarized Skylight and Celestial Navigation for Mars Exploration UAV

  • Shanpeng Wang
  • , Jian Yang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Autonomous navigation technology plays a significant role in Mars exploration unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Focus on the problem of position error drift caused by the lack of absolute heading information, a dead reckoning method based on Martian atmosphere polarized skylight and celestial navigation is proposed. The navigation reference model of Martian atmosphere polarized skylight is analyzed first. Subsequently, the navigation system model is established to fuse the information of polarization navigation, celestial navigation, optical flow, and inertial navigation system. The Monte Carlo simulation tests show that the proposed method can provided the stable and accurate heading, and the landing accuracy of the Mars UAV is improved.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2023 China Automation Congress, CAC 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3194-3199
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350303759
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 China Automation Congress, CAC 2023 - Chongqing, China
Duration: 17 Nov 202319 Nov 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2023 China Automation Congress, CAC 2023

Conference

Conference2023 China Automation Congress, CAC 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChongqing
Period17/11/2319/11/23

Keywords

  • Mars UAV
  • Martian atmospheric polarization
  • autonomous navigation
  • celestial navigation

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