Autonomous Path Planning and Navigation Method Implementation for a Interplanetary Terrain Environment

Autonomous rovers navigating over an unknown planetary environment should traverse independently and efficiently with the knowledge of limited power, computing and motion limitations and also large time delay in the communication between ground station and space segment. The rover uses stereo images for its path planning and obstacle avoidance. Depending on the scenario and available resources, navigation has to be carried out in an autonomous way. The key agent of system is it follows both global and local path planning method to arrive at suitable path to reach the goal. In the present available setup, it gives an efficient navigation strategy to automatically traverse the rover in a planned path with less resource and energy.