What happens when an atomic-powered robot on Mars fires it’s laser.
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One-ton, atomic powered robot on Mars turns out to also be a bit of a litterbug.
Mars Rover Curiosity to Become Autonomous in 2013
NASA’s Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS) software, which has been on board the Mars rover Opportunity for almost three years, will help Curiosity zoom in on features that Earth-based scientists want to see. It will use an automated image-capture process to photograph rocks meeting certain criteria, and then zoom in on them for further study. Scientists can program it to say “if you see this, do this,” which will make it easier to focus on interesting targets. NASA won’t have to go through the arduous process of checking the rover’s images for interesting features, and then telling it to proceed. (via New Brain Upgrade To Let Mars Rover Curiosity Decide For Itself Which Rocks To Zap | Popular Science)
Mars, you’ve been robopocalypsed!
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Team to be Honored
Turning a 90-day mission into an eight-year odyssey? Yeah, I’d say that was worthy of some recognition.
Robots do make quite a mess when they land on alien planets.
(via NASA/JPL)
DEPTHX is either an advanced autonomous probe designed to explore the oceans of Jupiter’s moon Europa or it is a forerunner of the sentinels from The Matrix.
Forty three years ago today, humankind set foot on the Moon for the first time. Odds are pretty good we’ll find robots have conquered the lunar landscape by the time we go back.
(image via TechCrunch)
In spite of my deep-seated robophobia, I am pulling hard for Mars Curiosity making a successful landing on August 5.
(source: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror, NASA/JPL)
