Friday, February 20, 2026

NASA's Techno-Wizardry Grants The Perseverance Rover Greater Autonomy

Panorama images like this one are helping Perseverance be more autonomous on Mars. The rover uses a new algorithm to compare these images to orbital images and pinpoint its location Mars without human help. The system is called Mars Global Localization. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

When the Perseverance rover was sent to Mars, it was largely dedicated to astrobiology. It's driving around an ancient paleolake, Jezero Crater, looking for evidence of past life. But the rover mission is also a testbed for greater autonomous operations. Now, NASA has given the inquisitive rover a way to better navigate the Martian surface with less human intervention.



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