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post Feb 13 2005, 09:34 AM
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Any news on what this software update for the rovers gonna do?


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post Feb 13 2005, 09:52 PM
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QUOTE (cIclops @ Feb 13 2005, 09:37 PM)
Drive length seems to be limited by power rather than software, given an obstacle free terrain.

They tend to do a blind drive, followed by autonav drive.

The first 50m or so will probably take only 20 minutes, but after that they'll take another hour to do the next 50m because autonav is very slow - stopping every 10cm to check terrain ahead.

If they can take 20, 30% off the autonav time, they can cover a lot more ground

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- dot.dk   Software Update   Feb 13 2005, 09:34 AM
- - Decepticon   Maybe they uploaded a Turbo command?!   Feb 13 2005, 11:48 AM
- - dot.dk   If so... What is the theoretical maximum drive dis...   Feb 13 2005, 12:14 PM
- - Sunspot   The latest flight directors update just refers to ...   Feb 13 2005, 12:28 PM
- - djellison   Perhaps with local terrain being what it is - they...   Feb 13 2005, 07:01 PM
- - akuo   There was a mention of a software error occuring o...   Feb 13 2005, 07:53 PM
- - Bubbinski   That would be nice to see - the software enabling ...   Feb 13 2005, 07:53 PM
- - cIclops   Drive length seems to be limited by power rather t...   Feb 13 2005, 09:37 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (cIclops @ Feb 13 2005, 09:37 PM)Drive ...   Feb 13 2005, 09:52 PM

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