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post May 17 2009, 04:51 PM
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Can you use the Microscopic Imager to see under the Rover? Or can you use maybe the robotic arm as a "mirror"? So we could say whether the Rover touches the ground.
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post May 17 2009, 06:03 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ May 17 2009, 05:28 PM) *
That is pretty awesome! If only that model had working rocker-bogie system the state of the wheels would have been represented with even more fidelity. If only I could use flour in the testbed but I was told it is a fire hazard. And cinnamon too! The ISIL would smell so good!

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Have you considered using a mixtures of glass microballoons & sand or cement to simulate flour for the beautiful but deadly white sand traps of Mars? smile.gif
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post May 17 2009, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ May 14 2009, 03:14 AM) *
If you can suggest a kernel filter, I am all ears. I used the Gimp to apply a bit of unsharp mask on the LF wheel MI image from Opportunity and got something, but still not too clear. If you have any SW and are good at deblurring, email me the image (or if there is any interest post it in the Opportunity side).

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If you know the distance between the camera and the target the Lucy-Richardson method is probably optimal. Use 'deconvlucy' in MATLAB (requires Image Processing Toolbox).

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post May 17 2009, 11:10 PM
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QUOTE (MerAB @ May 17 2009, 11:51 AM) *
Can you use the Microscopic Imager to see under the Rover? Or can you use maybe the robotic arm as a "mirror"? So we could say whether the Rover touches the ground.

from one of Roverdriver's post in another thread:
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Unfortunately, one of the outcomes of the recent series of warm reboots is that temporarily we cannot use the IDD. This is because in case the rover reboots while doing an IDD motion, we could lose the position knowledge of the various joints. If that happened we would need to re-calibrate the IDD joints and that is a procedure that was never done on Mars before, just at ATLO. Although I have been assured that this is a simple procedure I'm not so sure I would like to compound on the current state of the vehicle.

The use of the IDD is _not_ lost forever, we just need to make sure we can recalibrate on Mars: have a sequence ready to go in case the unfortunate happens.

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post May 17 2009, 11:59 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ May 17 2009, 12:28 PM) *
That is pretty awesome! If only that model had working rocker-bogie system the state of the wheels would have been represented with even more fidelity. If only I could use flour in the testbed but I was told it is a fire hazard. And cinnamon too! The ISIL would smell so good!

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Talc or gypsum powder could substitute for flour, and neither burns. --Bob
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post May 18 2009, 12:46 AM
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When I took the Rover model out of its 'flour-cinnamon-based' ISIL, it left behind a rather pleasing effect smile.gif
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EDIT: For what the 'real' ISIL will use for its soil testing...I'd say that they have that well in-hand and will come up with a perfect match based on the data they get from the Rover's IDD analysis. The nice thing about my flour-cinnamon version is that I can make a cake afterwards to celebrate the fact that Spirit has become 'unstuck'. wink.gif
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post May 18 2009, 01:02 AM
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That's so close in appearance to some of the actual HP soil exposure sites that it's downright eerie! blink.gif


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post May 18 2009, 02:01 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ May 17 2009, 04:46 PM) *
When I took the Rover model out of its 'flour-cinnamon-based' ISIL, it left behind a rather pleasing effect smile.gif
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Wow. That reminds me of the testing we did in the ISIL back four years ago!

QUOTE (bruc @ May 17 2009, 03:59 PM) *
Talc or gypsum powder could substitute for flour, and neither burns. --Bob

Thanks! Will look into it.

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post May 18 2009, 06:22 AM
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Here's a QuickTime VR of the current location (4.1 MB).
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post May 18 2009, 07:13 AM
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That's an awesome QTVR Michael.
The more I look at this spot, the more convinced I am that Paolo and others will get Spirit out. smile.gif
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post May 18 2009, 11:30 AM
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Here is a false colour panorama from spirit on Sol 1906, showing a piece of the rover deck:

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post May 18 2009, 11:47 PM
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IF Spirit is resting/stuck on a rock on its under side...

1) could the rover be lifted by rotating some wheels forward while rotating other wheels backwards to rotate/pinch/fold the rocker-bogie suspension and lever up the rover?

2) does the IDD have enough force to be able to lift the rover up if say the RAT was pushed down into the groud hard enough with the arm ? I could even imagine coordinating the IDD arm motion with the wheel motion to both drag the rover forward while pushing down and at the same time turning the wheels.
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post May 19 2009, 12:05 AM
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Folks, let's help Paolo out by reading back through this discussion before asking him the same questions over and over again. He has answered some of these several times already.


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post May 19 2009, 04:58 AM
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New press release regarding Spirit:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pr.../20090518a.html
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post May 19 2009, 05:41 AM
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love the reflective safety vest worn by the man with the shovel, gotta make sure you aren't run over by one of the high speed rovers
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre...IMG_1623_br.jpg
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