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Proprioceptive swarms for celestial body exploration

Cottiga, Simone; Caruso, Matteo; Gallina, Paolo +1 more

The exploration of small celestial bodies has been a very active field ever since the dawn of space exploration. However, traditional approaches based on monolithic landers allow only the area in the immediate vicinity to the landing spot to be examined. Using mobile systems like rovers allow for better coverage, but at considerable cost and compl…