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Tag Archives: rover software
Simulated Mars rover failure tests ‘ePartners’
Car trouble is never good – especially on the Red Planet. An actual robotic vehicle experienced wheel failure during a simulated Mars rover journey, in order to test the ability of prototype ‘electronic partners’ to help human astronauts. “The distance, … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, Eurobot, European Space Agency, MECA-Heart, Mission Execution Crew Assistant – Human E-partner Agent Robot Teaming, rover, rover software
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Opportunity has post-reformat amnesia event
Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status Report: The team operating NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity learned Thursday that the long-lived rover experienced a brief amnesia event related to its flash memory, the first since a reformatting of that nonvolatile type of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, flash memory, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, rover software
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Curiosity update: ‘Exciting new software’
Sol 876, January 22, 2015, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: The flight software transition is going well, and Curiosity is doing a test run of the new version. Both the prime and backup rover computers are on track to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pahrump Hills, rover software
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