I am completely blown-away by how impressive this is.

FANTASTIC!!!

Has anyone on this newsgroup even come close to building
a robot capable of doing this in an outdoor environment?

This is superbly great.

Thanks Ron for keeping up up-to-date.

-Alan


In article ,
Ron wrote:


The auto-navigational software that drove the last 12 meters
(39.4 feet) of the traverse to the "Middle Ground" target warned
Spirit that the slope into the hollow that houses it was too steep
(according to parameters set by rover engineers). Spirit then
paced along the rim, looking for a safe way down. Unable to locate
a secure path into the crater before the sol ended, Spirit ended up
facing slightly west of north instead of northeast, as called for by
the plan.

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- Alan Kilian alank(at)timelogic.com
Director of Bioinformatics, TimeLogic Corporation 763-449-7622