The Curiosity Rover has given artificial intelligence

2017-06-23 09:35

The Curiosity Rover has given artificial intelligence
Mars science laboratory NASA called Curiosity faithfully serve earth science for almost five years.

During this time the Rover has done an impressive journey lasting more than 15 000 meters in the surface of the red planet. The transfer process was extremely slow, sometimes the connection just dropped and scientists had to wait for Curiosity again will be in touch. The leadership of NASA went on quite an unusual step: the Rover decided to give the artificial intelligence, so he could navigate the surface of Mars independently, even when communication with Earth is absent.
In 2015, the engineers of the American space Agency NASA has uploaded to Curiosity new firmware, making it more Autonomous in terms of another planet. This System is called AEGIS (Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science). Scientists have long been corrected numerous errors in the code below, the Rover was able to independently continue their journey without constant monitoring from the surface of the Earth. The AEGIS system is capable of conducting serious research missions and is mainly responsible for the movement of the Rover in the absence of communication with Earth. Other manipulations continue to execute from the Ground.
But there is another feature which was found by the Mars Rover with artificial intelligence AEGIS. This is an opportunity to choose Martian rocks to conduct experiments on them. Camera Rover to scan the environment and select the most suitable rocks in order to vaporize them with a laser and then examine released from the gas. The system automatically move the Rover tested for almost two years during a short segment of the road, when Curiosity gave full freedom of action. The efficiency of artificial intelligence were pleased by scientists. The system lived up to its expectations and has allowed researchers to save time and effort. The obtained research data will be used in the software next Mars Rover, which will travel to the Red planet in 2020.