Calling K-9.(Brief Article)

NASA recently deployed a prototype planetary rover named K9 in the Nevada desert as part of an ongoing field test program designed to simulate robotic exploration on other planets.

During the joint field operation between NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena (both in California), K9 acted as a "scout" for JPL's rover, called FIDO. K9 assists FIDO by searching ahead for the best candidate, rocks for it to sample. Planning for the rover's actions was supported by a suite of software tools called "Viz", ...

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