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65dBnoise (65dbnoise@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 19:16:36 JST 65dBnoise

#NASA's #Curiosity rover (on Mars), got a major software upgrade, the first one since 2016. 180 changes:
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9378/nasas-curiosity-mars-rover-gets-a-major-software-upgrade/
Big changes:
• Thinking while driving: similar to #Perseverance's AutoNav, albeit without the dedicated hardware
• Less steering, depending on rocks under the wheels: a previously rejected "nice to have" feature, now implemented
• Easier software patches
• More efficient and accurate robotic arm and masthead pointing
Image by JPL-Caltech/MSSS
#MSR #Solarocks #Space
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1. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this panorama while driving toward the center of this scene, an area that forms the narrow “Paraitepuy Pass,” on Aug. 14, the 3,563rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The hill on the right is “Bolívar”; on the left of is “Deepdale.” The floor of the vast Gale Crater is visible in the background in the upper right.
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