No love for the new Mars Rover?

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OG_StankBrefs said:
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It's still amazin to me how far dat fukkin remote signal reaches doe. :whoo:

But i wonder how far dat shyt REALLY reaches because are they plannin on just travelin within a calculated circumference or explorin as far as dey can? I'm prolly guessin dey've got a certain amount of terrain dat dey would be able to explore without losin da signal but goddam dat would suck if somethin like it gettin stuck or losin da signal happened. :huhldup:
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at first they were using the satellites around Mars to relay the messages. but one of the things it was supposed to do yesterday was raise it's own antenna, that would allow direct communications. I'm pretty sure it can be anywhere on Mars, and they'll still be able to communicate with it either directly or using the satellites

their destination is Mt Sharp. the analogy they used the other night was it's like if you and your friends want to drive from Cali to Chicago... but "you and your friends" are 400 scientists that want to stop and look at each and every thing on the way. they were claiming it will probably take about a year just to get to Mt Sharp
 
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This is why I'm in Computer/Robotics science.
That's dope to me, I wonder what sorta of AI the robot has, how much of
a pain in the @ss it was to code and how they made sure the machine wasn't
to fragile.
 
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daze23 said:
at first they were using the satellites around Mars to relay the messages. but one of the things it was supposed to do yesterday was raise it's own antenna, that would allow direct communications. I'm pretty sure it can be anywhere on Mars, and they'll still be able to communicate with it either directly or using the satellites

their destination is Mt Sharp. the analogy they used the other night was it's like if you and your friends want to drive from Cali to Chicago... but "you and your friends" are 400 scientists that want to stop and look at each and every thing on the way. they were claiming it will probably take about a year just to get to Mt Sharp
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Threw ya anotha green bar. Some fascinatin shyt mane. :obama:
 
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the rover is told to move to a place and it uses its advance software to get there while avoiding ditches and large rocks, its not being controlled like a RC car

its also designed to be able to lift around each wheel to help it drive over rocks

from the WikiEach rover has six wheels mounted on a rocker-bogie suspension system that ensures wheels remain on the ground while driving over rough terrain. The design reduces the range of motion of the rover body by half, and allows the rover to go over obstacles or through holes that are more than a wheel diameter (250 millimetres (9.8 in)) in size.

Each wheel has its own motor. The two front and two rear wheels each have individual steering motors. This allows the vehicle to turn in place, a full revolution, and to swerve and curve, making arching turns. The rover is designed to withstand a tilt of 45 degrees in any direction without overturning. However, the rover is programmed through its "fault protection limits" in its hazard avoidance software to avoid exceeding tilts of 30 degrees.

The rovers have a top speed on flat hard ground of 50 mm/s (2 in/s). The average speed is 10 mm/s, because its hazard avoidance software causes it to stop every 10 seconds for 20 seconds to observe and understand the terrain into which it has driven.
 
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