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Perseverance Sets a Mars Rover Distance Record With Autonomous Driving
NASA’s Perseverance rover reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers) of travel on Mars, surpassing Opportunity’s rover-distance record. Its AutoNav system handles about 90 percent of driving, using onboard terrain mapping to find safe routes; a second processor with an FPGA speeds image processing. The team also added Mars Global Localization to reduce position uncertainty, while human planners continue to set goals and review routes.
IEEE Spectrum