We've had a good week of testing on the Canadian Space Agency's Mars Emulation Terrain. We conducted two long mission scenarios where we hunted for a methane source using a spectrometer. We also used our spare Husky rover to do a little extra testing on some of the more extreme terrain in the test area. In this photo the rover is fighting hard to track a path along a steep crosshill slope using our stereo visual teach and repeat algorithm. It almost lost its balance here, but managed to hold on to complete the drive. We head back to Toronto tomorrow.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Living on the Edge
We've had a good week of testing on the Canadian Space Agency's Mars Emulation Terrain. We conducted two long mission scenarios where we hunted for a methane source using a spectrometer. We also used our spare Husky rover to do a little extra testing on some of the more extreme terrain in the test area. In this photo the rover is fighting hard to track a path along a steep crosshill slope using our stereo visual teach and repeat algorithm. It almost lost its balance here, but managed to hold on to complete the drive. We head back to Toronto tomorrow.
