{"id":12646,"date":"2016-05-19T02:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T06:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12646"},"modified":"2016-05-19T02:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T06:15:16","slug":"esa-uses-lego-exomars-model-in-rover-operations-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12646","title":{"rendered":"ESA uses LEGO ExoMars model in rover operations simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Space Agency<\/a> (ESA) reports that a Lego\u00a0ExoMars rover model can\u00a0help with visualization of a rover’s\u00a0movements in simulated remote control operations:<\/p>\n

Lego ExoMars model<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lego_ExoMars_model_node_full_image_2[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This Lego model of Europe\u2019s ExoMars<\/a> rover on its lander was not built solely for fun \u2013 but is actually a tool, being used by robotics engineers in the midst of a major \u2018egress\u2019 test campaign.<\/p>\n

Making a safe landing on Mars will be key to the success of Europe\u2019s mobile Mars mission<\/a>. Then comes the next most important step: to successfully drive the wheeled rover from the top of its lander, otherwise known as egress.<\/p>\n

The biggest decision of all will be which direction to drive \u2013 forwards or backwards \u2013 based on the limited data that operators have to hand. The lander will have two sets of tracks for the rover to descend in case one side is blocked, for instance by rocks (one also reproduced here in Lego).<\/p>\n

To build up experience of egress and remote rover operations, ESA\u2019s Automation and Robotics section together with ESOC\u2019s Advance Mission Concepts section are conducting a long-distance test campaign in collaboration with the French space agency CNES. The ExoMars project team is monitoring the ongoing activities.<\/p>\n

A half-scale rover on a mock-up lander has been placed in the outdoor 80 x 50 m \u2018Mars Yard\u2019 at CNES Toulouse. An\u00a0operations team<\/a>\u00a0based a thousand kilometres away at ESA\u2019s ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands has first to egress the rover, then move it further across the simulated Marscape to explore and accomplish various tasks.<\/p>\n

Across a series of tests that continue throughout this week, the ESTEC team has no knowledge of the lander\u2019s precise placing but must work with the limited camera views and sensor data the rover and lander sends back to them, with results received and telecommands sent during a limited set of communication passes.<\/p>\n

The Lego model lets the engineers easily visualise and communicate complicated telemetry data.<\/p>\n

This campaign follows on from a previous egress campaign<\/a> that took place last autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that a Lego\u00a0ExoMars rover model can\u00a0help with visualization of a rover’s\u00a0movements in simulated remote control operations: Lego ExoMars model This Lego model of Europe\u2019s ExoMars rover on its lander was not built solely for fun \u2013 but is actually a tool, being used by robotics engineers in the midst … Continue reading ESA uses LEGO ExoMars model in rover operations simulation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[78,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-models"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3hY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17064,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17064","url_meta":{"origin":12646,"position":0},"title":"Mars: Insight landing on Nov.26, ESA ExoMars landing site selected, + Pits and Caves","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's Insight lander is set to settled down on the Mars surface on November 26th. 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