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We need autonomy because we are going
deeper into the solar system. We need

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this kind of technology. After we won the
NASA Centennial Challenge we have now

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started working in collaboration with
NASA JPL on a new project. Our fast

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traverse rover. We are going to take
everything that we've learned from the

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Centennial Challenge and make future
Mars rovers more autonomous. We were

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funded by NASA EPSCoR program to develop
a fast traverse capability for future

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Mars rovers. We're adding shock
resistance and an active suspension

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system. This rover needs to be able to
autonomously navigate over long

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distances. Travel kilometers at a time,
without human input, making its own

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decisions for obstacle avoidance. Robot have to decide everything by itself.

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The NASA Centennial challenge really opened the door, it gives us the credibility as

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a research group as, "we've already
achieved this, here's how we're going to