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arXiv Machine Learning By Ajith Anil Meera, Pablo Lanillos, Wouter Kouw

Expected Free Energy-based Informative Path Planning for Robotic Mars Exploration

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arXiv:2608. 14466v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: An autonomous robot efficiently exploring an unknown environment, such as looking for water sources on Mars, faces two simultaneous demands: building an accurate information map while quickly finding the regions of greatest value, and paying for every meter of travel and the cost of every measurement it takes.

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