though that particular pokemon is relatively rare. and finally, plucky mars rover perseverance ate rather a bit too much over the holidays. nasa jpl said the vehicle gathered a few too many rocks during a routine core sample collection. here's its selfie of those pesky pebbles caught up in the martian machinery. they're trying to fix it as we speak. let's hope perseverance lives up to its name. this is the indy autonomous challenge. the clue�*s in the name — look carefully, you'll see there's no—one at the wheel. instead, these sensor—rich hot rods are essentially entirely preprogrammed supercomputers. each is differentiated only by software custom—designed by nine engineering student teams. this is the million—dollar beast that has been given to each of the teams competing, and course it's chock full with a ton of different technologies. three lidar, three radar, six cameras, gps and bleeding—edge