NASA’s ERNEST Rover Advances Autonomous Technology for Future Moon and Mars Exploration

Washington, D.C. – On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled about 16 miles (26 kilometers) with minimal intervention from the team of engineers trailing it. Called ERNEST (Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain), this prototype is being used by NASA to advance both robotic [...] The post NASA’s ERNEST Rover Advances Autonomous Technology for Future Moon and Mars Exploration appeared first on Clarksville Onli