On Jan 15, 2:01*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
" wrote:

obviously for this type mission robots will have set up a base camp,
or perhaps camps in advance.....

in prep for peole arriving.

Then it'll never happen. Robots are just barely smart enough to move
around. Even with supervision they get stuck in the sand.

Artificial intelligence is the future of robotics, one day they will
do all the dirty risky jobs more efficently than people.

I've been hearing people say this for 30 years now, always talking
about how it's right around the corner. *So where is it?

Yeah, I know, "right around the corner"...



robots will work in groups if one gets stuck others will come to its
rescue

Which will lead to a whole bunch of them stuck together rather than
just one of them stuck.

--
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
*truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *-- Thomas Jefferson

well look how far robotics have come on earth, and consider the very
best chess player is unable to beat a computer at chess.

now poor nasas manned space budget into robotics and AI, and license
all advancements to private industry, with the proceeds going back to
space exploration.

then watch AI take off.

on stuch robotic explorers send hundreds if not thousands, and accept
a big attrition rate.

plus groups of robotic crawlers could call for human help if they get
stuck too bad. sure it may be slow going, but think of the rewards