Labels: text | screenshot | machine OCR: ROBOTS The robot's tasks (cont.) MARTIAN ROVERS ROBOTS IN FILM - Vehicles that are completely independent, that do not involve any human control. This solution does not seem feasible in the near future. - Vehicles combining both independent functions and human guidance from Earth. The rapid progress that can be expected in the coming years in sensors, components, computer architecture, and digital and symbolic computer languages and programs, will allow automated systems to fulfill all functions required of a space system. For example, computer performance measured in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second) is now doubling about every two years. The power of semiconductors is being multiplied tenfold every five years. And every two years the capacity of semiconductor memories is quadrupling. Specialists now estimate that, in relation to foreseeable needs, on-board computing power will be virtually unlimited in 2015. MARS BETAT
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