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\nESA\u2019s light-studded Rover Autonomy Testbed vehicle does a twirl during night testing in Tenerife, intended to simulate the low light environment of the lunar poles.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe testbed, operated by a team from GMV<\/a> in Spain, plus ESA\u2019s Heavy Duty Planetary Rover, overseen by ESA\u2019s planetary robotics team<\/a>, have travelled to the Canary Islands for day and night testing in the volcanic, Moon-like environment of Teide National Park.\n<\/p>\n \nThe two rovers carry navigation aids to work in both light and dark, including stereo cameras, lights, GPS, laser rangers and radar-like lidar. They can build digital 3D maps from these various sensors for both autonomous and teleoperated steering.\n<\/p>\n \nTo follow progress in Tenerife, follow the Twitter hashtag #DarkRover<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nESA’s light-studded Rover Autonomy Testbed vehicle does a twirl during night testing in Tenerife, intended to simulate the low light environment of the lunar poles.\n<\/p>\n \nThe testbed, operated by a team from GMV<\/a> in Spain, plus ESA’s Heavy Duty Planetary Rover, overseen by ESA’s planetary robotics team<\/a>, have travelled to the Canary Islands for day and night testing in the volcanic, Moon-like environment of Teide National Park.\n<\/p>\n \nThe two rovers carry navigation aids to work in both light and dark, including stereo cameras, lights, GPS, laser rangers and radar-like lidar. They can build digital 3D maps from these various sensors for both autonomous and teleoperated steering.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n