High-fidelity flash lidar model development

Glenn D. Hines; Diego F. Pierrottet; Farzin Amzajerdian

doi:10.1117/12.2050677

9 June 2014 High-fidelity flash lidar model development

Glenn D. Hines, Diego F. Pierrottet, Farzin Amzajerdian

Proceedings Volume 9080, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XIX; and Atmospheric Propagation XI; 90800D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050677
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

NASA’s Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technologies (ALHAT) project is currently developing the critical technologies to safely and precisely navigate and land crew, cargo and robotic spacecraft vehicles on and around planetary bodies. One key element of this project is a high-fidelity Flash Lidar sensor that can generate three-dimensional (3-D) images of the planetary surface. These images are processed with hazard detection and avoidance and hazard relative navigation algorithms, and then are subsequently used by the Guidance, Navigation and Control subsystem to generate an optimal navigation solution. A complex, high-fidelity model of the Flash Lidar was developed in order to evaluate the performance of the sensor and its interaction with the interfacing ALHAT components on vehicles with different configurations and under different flight trajectories. The model contains a parameterized, general approach to Flash Lidar detection and reflects physical attributes such as range and electronic noise sources, and laser pulse temporal and spatial profiles. It also provides the realistic interaction of the laser pulse with terrain features that include varying albedo, boulders, craters slopes and shadows. This paper gives a description of the Flash Lidar model and presents results from the Lidar operating under different scenarios.

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Glenn D. Hines, Diego F. Pierrottet, and Farzin Amzajerdian "High-fidelity flash lidar model development", Proc. SPIE 9080, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XIX; and Atmospheric Propagation XI, 90800D (9 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050677

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