The project will deliver two primary components:
- An Imagery-based Localisation Package (ILP) which will implement the on-board Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generation, image prioritisation, vision-based localisation, data storage and uplink management
- A test framework to validate and evaluate the ILP. This includes a dedicated software simulator and a real prototype balloon fitted with a comprehensive payload which is flown over a simulated Martian surface.
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See also: BAUUV case study.
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Model balloon flying over simulated
Martian landscape
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Martian landscape
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