Wednesday, April 22, 2015 12:47:52 PM
A quick glance at wiki for Curiosity Rover resulted this:
1) On mobility systems [Based on variables including power levels, terrain difficulty, slippage and visibility, the maximum terrain-traverse speed is estimated to be 200 m (660 ft) per day by automatic navigation.]
To me, this clearly explains (terrain difficulty) the need for slow creep/look approach. Also make sense since Curiosity is to explore Mars bit by bit. If it has tech like automobile, then it would be running around like a mad bull w/o achieving any goals. What's the point of that? Curiosity is supposed to cover 19km (only!) during its 2yrs (!) of exploration.
2) On hazard avoidance [The cameras use visible light to capture stereoscopic three-dimensional (3-D) imagery. The cameras have a 120° field of view and map the terrain at up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in front of the rover. This imagery safeguards against the rover crashing into unexpected obstacles, and works in tandem with software that allows the rover to make its own safety choices.]
This does show NASA had the capabilities GOSY has. How different are they? I don't know frankly. Like I said, Nissan could be looking for something that suits their eco-sys better than NASA, but I haven't a doubt NASA already has the tech, & Nissan has publicly announced their continual partnership with NASA.
Here's the link to Curiosity Rover from wiki for anyone interested
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_%28rover%29
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