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This Mars rover's cool. But have you seen its wheels?
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A visit to the Airbus Mars Yard in Stevenage to examine rovers and testing facilities designed to simulate Martian terrain. The video concludes with a look at how autonomous rovers navigate using custom wheels and stereo cameras.
From the video
Answers: What is inside the Airbus Mars Yard and how do Mars rovers test navigation?
- Mars rover testing
- Autonomous navigation systems
- Airbus Mars Yard
- ExoMars rover simulation
- Mars soil simulation
What it concludes
- Mars rovers must navigate autonomously because signals can take up to 40 minutes to reach Earth.
- Mars rovers use specialized metal wheels designed to compress and provide grip on rocky surfaces.
- Sterile components and careful testing are required for space hardware because parts cannot be replaced once launched.
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