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The Cyborg Astrobiologist: porting from a wearable computer to the Astrobiology Phone-cam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2007

Alexandra Bartolo ,
Patrick C. McGuire ,
Kenneth P. Camilleri ,
Christopher Spiteri ,
Jonathan C. Borg ,
Philip J. Farrugia ,
Jens Ormö ,
Javier Gómez-Elvira ,
José Antonio Rodriguez-Manfredi  and
Enrique Díaz-Martínez
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Alexandra Bartolo
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta, Malta e-mail: abbart@eng.um.edu.mt
Patrick C. McGuire
Affiliation:
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Department of Physics, Campus Box 1169, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA e-mail: mcguire@wunder.wustl.edu
Kenneth P. Camilleri
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta, Malta e-mail: abbart@eng.um.edu.mt
Christopher Spiteri
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta, Malta e-mail: abbart@eng.um.edu.mt
Jonathan C. Borg
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta, Malta e-mail: abbart@eng.um.edu.mt
Philip J. Farrugia
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta, Malta e-mail: abbart@eng.um.edu.mt
Jens Ormö
Affiliation:
Planetary Geology Laboratory, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC), Instituto Nacional Técnica Aeroespacial, Carretera de Torrejón a Ajalvir km 4.5, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid 28850, Spain
Javier Gómez-Elvira
Affiliation:
Robotics and Planetary Exploration Laboratory, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC), Instituto Nacional Técnica Aeroespacial, Carretera de Torrejón a Ajalvir km 4.5, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid 28850, Spain
José Antonio Rodriguez-Manfredi
Affiliation:
Robotics and Planetary Exploration Laboratory, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC), Instituto Nacional Técnica Aeroespacial, Carretera de Torrejón a Ajalvir km 4.5, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid 28850, Spain
Enrique Díaz-Martínez
Affiliation:
Dirección de Geología y Geofísica, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Calera 1, Tres Cantos, Madrid 28760, Spain
Helge Ritter
Affiliation:
Neuroinformatics Group, Computer Science Department, Technische Fakultät, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 10 01 31, Bielefeld 33501, Germany
Robert Haschke
Affiliation:
Neuroinformatics Group, Computer Science Department, Technische Fakultät, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 10 01 31, Bielefeld 33501, Germany
Markus Oesker
Affiliation:
Neuroinformatics Group, Computer Science Department, Technische Fakultät, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 10 01 31, Bielefeld 33501, Germany
Jörg Ontrup
Affiliation:
Neuroinformatics Group, Computer Science Department, Technische Fakultät, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 10 01 31, Bielefeld 33501, Germany
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Abstract

We have used a simple camera phone to significantly improve an ‘exploration system’ for astrobiology and geology. This camera phone will make it much easier to develop and test computer-vision algorithms for future planetary exploration. We envision that the ‘Astrobiology Phone-cam’ exploration system can be fruitfully used in other problem domains as well.

Keywords

astrobiologycamera phonescomputer visionfield geologyimage segmentationinterest maproboticsuncommon mapwearable computers

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Research Article
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 255 - 261
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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