Autonomous vehicles on other planets face power, payload, and connectivity limitations. Since LIDAR systems are power-hungry, a camera-based system is more energy-efficient. Similarly, GPS signals ...

Originally, the LiDAR scanner was supposed to be decommissioned ... but after NASA found a way to scoot the scanner over to make way for a DOD payload, the project looks to resume scanning the ...

The Lidar payload is an experimental technology that NASA paid to test fly on the mission. It was not intended to serve a ...