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 Mar 1 2013, 08:09 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 2511 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497  |
QUOTE (renee @ Mar 1 2013, 01:06 PM)  The OS is bound to have a name? Scheduling algorithms have to be described someplace? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of...the_Mars_rovers would be a place to start. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Mar 1 2013, 10:51 PM
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#242
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 19-September 12 Member No.: 6656 |
Thank You. Curiosity uses a VXWorks possibly autonomous software. I'm not familiar with this system or it's software.
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Mar 1 2013, 11:33 PM
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 Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
VxWorks is a real time operating system. The software for all three generations of Mars rovers ran under VxWorks. It is a really cool OS.
Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Mar 2 2013, 01:47 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Random factoid: VXWorks is also the OS for the C-17 aircraft central computers as well as the flight control computers. It is indeed a cool little system.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 2 2013, 02:15 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 19-September 12 Member No.: 6656 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 1 2013, 08:47 PM) Random factoid: VXWorks is also the OS for the C-17 aircraft central computers as well as the flight control computers. It is indeed a cool little system. If VxWorks has a console I would love to explore it. Renee |
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Mar 2 2013, 02:38 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
VxWorks does have a console, not by default, but you can rebuild it to include various modules including a terminal console and you can do crazy things like querying or setting a variable, run one of your functions *with* parameter passing... Quite cool. The only drawback is that it is expensive. OK, I'll stop talking about off topic things, sorry admins!
Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Mar 2 2013, 04:14 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Mar 2 2013, 04:39 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
NOT FUNNY!! (actually it is)
 You know that there are people who call MSL Mars Science LANDER?Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Mar 2 2013, 05:44 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Given the current state of things, I'm not surprised. I was gonna make that joke when they finally get moving again!
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Mar 4 2013, 10:37 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
With the computer issues and the backseat drivers wanting to get back on the road, I thought this a timely reminder
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Mar 4 2013, 03:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 5-May 04 Member No.: 74 |
QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Mar 1 2013, 06:33 PM) VxWorks is a real time operating system. The software for all three generations of Mars rovers ran under VxWorks. It is a really cool OS. Paolo It's not just the Mars rovers - many spacecraft supported here at Goddard use VxWorks. |
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Mar 4 2013, 03:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 5-May 04 Member No.: 74 |
QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Mar 2 2013, 11:39 AM) NOT FUNNY!! (actually it is) You know that there are people who call MSL Mars Science LANDER?Paolo There was a time when this forum was subtitled "Topics related to the Mars Science Lander, Curiosity". I pointed that out to them, and they corrected it. |
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Mar 5 2013, 01:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Well, she DID land...
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Mar 5 2013, 02:15 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
And the name isn't "Mars Science Rover" - most labs I know stay in the same place for years!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Mar 13 2013, 10:59 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Hi,
Back from my trip to Toulouse, where stood an exhibition with some of my pictures This was a great moment, and great to see people beeing fascinated by these landscapes Curiosity (and I, yet), have done.Some pictures of this exhibition :   I have also managed to do a remake of the rover self-portrait. But here with my 400D in place of the MAHLI, and my arm instead of the robotic arm   You can find more here : http://www.db-prods.net/blog/2013/03/13/ca...-paul-sabatier/ To finish, you will remark that the lady standing near the full-scale model rover at the end of my article… is me ! I will not speak more about it here (it's not the place), but you can read this : http://www.db-prods.net/blog/2013/03/12/mo...s-explications/ (don't worry, this is written in French and in English). If you want to discuss it, you can PM me, or just post a comment on my blog .
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