{"id":226086,"date":"2021-04-13T22:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-an-old-smartphone-processor-will-power-the-first-ever-flight-on-mars\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T22:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:41:18","slug":"how-an-old-smartphone-processor-will-power-the-first-ever-flight-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-an-old-smartphone-processor-will-power-the-first-ever-flight-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"#How an old smartphone processor will power the first-ever flight on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How an old smartphone processor will power the first-ever flight on Mars<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got a new\u00a0Android phone, its processor could be more advanced than the one that will control the first-ever flight on Mars.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2018s Ingenuity helicopter, which is slated to make its maiden voyage on the red planet\u00a0on April 14, is powered\u00a0<\/span>by Snapdragon\u2019s 801 processor \u2014 the same chip used by a slew of phones\u00a0released in 2014 and 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

The system runs an integrated board called the\u00a0Qualcomm\u00a0Flight Platform, which will operate the autonomous flight.<\/p>\n

\"Ingenuity
Credit: Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech.<\/figcaption>
<\/a>Ingenuity has already touched the red planet\u2019s surface and unlocked its rotor blades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While operators at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will\u00a0plan the chopper\u2019s route, the flight\u00a0must be\u00a0autonomous due to\u00a0communication delays. Radio signals will take over 15 minutes to travel<\/a> the 173 million miles between Earth and Mars.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Read:\u00a0NASA unveils plans for first-ever flight on Mars]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no fly-by wire, there\u2019s nobody remote controlling, so most of the intelligence has to be done on the platform,\u201d\u00a0Dev Singh,\u00a0Qualcomm\u2019s GM of robotics, drones, and intelligent machines, tells\u00a0TNW.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ingenuity
Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/figcaption>
<\/a>Ingenuity will attempt up to five test flights within a 30-Martian-day (31-Earth-day) demonstration window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Qualcomm\u2019s platform will process information captured by two cameras and sensors attached to the four-foot helicopter. This data will feed back into the algorithms that guide Ingenuity\u2019s movements.<\/p>\n

If obstacles or conditions on Mars set the drone off course, the system will adjust the controls.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur entire flight model is based on the sensors onboard as well as the computer vision \u2014 what I like to call flight by sight,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0says Chris Pruetting,\u00a0senior director of business development for Qualcomm Government Technologies.<\/p>\n

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Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/figcaption>
<\/a>NASA\u2019s Ingenuity helicopter was dropped onto Mars on March 30, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Qualcomm Flight is also used in the\u00a0communication system of the Perseverance rover, which gave Ingenuity a ride to the red planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the buggy, the platform will process photos taken by the helicopter before they\u2019re sent back to Earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose of us here are really excited about the pictures that Ingenuity takes,\u201d says Pruetting. \u201cThe folks at JPL are really excited about all the data that comes back as part of that because they\u2019re going to learn a lot about space<\/span>flight on Mars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

NASA will use the insights to develop more advanced helicopters, which could\u00a0access areas of Mars that ground vehicles can\u2019t reach.<\/p>\n

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