{"id":625561,"date":"2024-03-01T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=625561"},"modified":"2024-03-01T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T18:24:55","slug":"ipex-autonomy-testing","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/ipex-autonomy-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"IPEx Autonomy Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A photo taken from the ISRU Pilot Excavator as it is tested in a blacked out facility with minimal lighting that mimics the harsh, feature-less terrain of the Moon.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png 3611w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=300,244 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=768,624 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=1024,832 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=1536,1248 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=2048,1665 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=400,325 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=600,488 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=900,732 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=1200,975 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-annotated-rocks-lander.png?resize=2000,1626 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A photo taken from the ISRU Pilot Excavator as it is tested in a blacked out facility with minimal lighting that mimics the harsh, feature-less terrain of the Moon.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A photo taken from the ISRU Pilot Excavator as it is tested in a blacked out facility with minimal lighting that mimics the harsh, feature-less terrain of the Moon.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png 1086w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?resize=300,250 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?resize=768,641 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?resize=1024,854 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?resize=400,334 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?resize=600,501 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ipex-rock-yard-dark-rock-lander.png?resize=900,751 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A photo taken from the ISRU Pilot Excavator as it is tested in a blacked out facility with minimal lighting that mimics the harsh, feature-less terrain of the Moon.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harsh, low-angle sunlight, long and dark shadows, and a featureless terrain will make navigation difficult when NASA’s ISRU Pilot Excavator (IPEx) is sent to the Moon. Because of this, the IPEx team has begun testing various approaches to autonomously drive the excavator in a specially constructed rock yard that mimics these environmental conditions. The team plans to publish the data sets from these unique tests later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harsh, low-angle sunlight, long and dark shadows, and a featureless terrain will make navigation difficult when NASA’s ISRU Pilot Excavator (IPEx) is sent to the Moon. Because of this, the IPEx team has begun testing various approaches to autonomously drive the excavator in a specially constructed rock yard that mimics these environmental conditions. 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