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Recent snafu on Mars entailing the NASA autonomous helicopter named Ingenuity provides some important eye-opening lessons for the advent of AI self-driving cars.
Ingenuity's sixth flight was planned as one of its most daring excursions to date, programmed to travel over 700 feet in total and take aerial photos of Mars.
28 MAY 2021 During its sixth flight on the red planet, the Ingenuity helicopter experienced a little mishap - but, thanks to planning and built-in failsafes, it survived to fly another day. This is actually great news, because it demonstrates the multiple ways in which the vehicle is robust to errors - as well as giving engineers here at home an opportunity to patch them. The event took place on 22 May 2021 - the 91st Martian day of the Perseverance mission. The sky was clear and bright, perfect for Ingenuity's task: demonstrating its ability to take aerial stereo images. The little helic...
The helicopter managed to land about 16 feet from its intended touchdown site.