AI: NASA's Curiosity rover can now choose its own laser targets on Mars
Friday, July 22, 2016 - 20:11
in Astronomy & Space
Who’s calling the shots now? After nearly four years on the job, NASA’s Curiosity rover is finally making certain scientific decisions on its own. The Martian explorer now picks some of the rock targets to blast with the laser on its ChemCam instrument. A software upgrade known as AEGIS allows...