HTTP:: ExoMars 039 039 Eyes 039 Tested in the UK
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently working to develop and integrate all the systems required for its future mission to the Red Planet, the ExoMars rover. The robot, which is impressive in size, will navigate the red sands and analyze objects of interest on the surface, but its primary goal will be to look for life. Recently, a large step forward was taken, when mission engineers conducted a primary test of the future rover's cameras at a quarry in southern England, the BBC News reports. In addition to the cameras, dedicated processing software also underwent testing. Once completed, the rover will feature a large number of cameras, and it will be up to the software and its designers to integrate information from all of them into a comprehensible set of data. According to design blueprints, it will feature no less than eight cameras at the front. Two stereoscopic, wide-angle cameras will snap panoramic, 3D views of the Martian landscape. Two pairs of cameras will!
be installed on its sides, and act as hazard detectors. Two additional ones in the front will serve for navigation. It's the job of the EU PRoVisG (Planetary Robotics Vision Ground Processing) project to ensure that all information obtained from these cameras is integrated correctly into a highly detailed, 3D image of the rover's environme...
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