#autonomous-navigation

#autonomous-navigation

NASA has revealed it repurposed the processor the Perseverance rover used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, to help the rolling robot navigate the Red Planet autonomously "for potentially unlimited distances." The aerospace agency revealed the hack last week in a post that says it used the rover's Helicopter Base Station (HBS) because its processor is 100 times faster than the rover's other kit.

"Engineers at [Jet Propulsion Laboratory] meticulously plan each day of the rover's activities on Mars,"

This study is the first to demonstrate successful behavior control of insect cyborgs using only their natural sensory system -- without any electrical stimulation.