NASA JPL's new prototype rover completes 16-mile autonomous desert trek with advanced suspension
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Mrigakshi Dixit
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed a new four-wheeled prototype rover designed for high-speed, long-distance autonomous exploration on the Moon and Mars. The rover recently completed a 16-mile autonomous desert trek, testing advanced mobility hardware and autonomy software. It features an active suspension system that improves upon the traditional "rocker-bogie" passive suspension used on Mars rovers for 30 years, which struggles on loose, sandy slopes steeper than 15 degrees.
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· 3 pulledThis testing is helping us refine the mobility hardware and autonomy software to navigate extreme distances across a wide range of terrain and lighting conditions anticipated on the Moon.
For the last thirty years, NASA has used a mechanical setup called the 'rocker-bogie' suspension system.
Send a passive rover up a loose, sandy slope steeper than 15 degrees, and it...
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