Over the first 13 months of the Mars 2020 mission, the Perseverance rover traversed nearly 5 km along the Jezero Crater floor. Near the end of that period, the Science team was anxious to relocate to the ancient Delta region near the crater rim, over 5 km away. A Rapid Traverse Campaign was planned that would prioritize use of Perseverance's autonomous navigation software to drive at an unprecedented high pace and minimize science activities. The Rapid Traverse Campaign started in March 2022 and lasted 31 Martian days. During the campaign, Perseverance drove over 5 km in 24 drives, during which its autonomy software planned 94.8% of its overall driving, enabling it to set several new planetary rover driving records. Perseverance exceeded the longest daily drive distance record achieved by a previous planetary rover (219 meters) 11 times and set new records for the longest multi-sol drive distance in a single plan (528.7 meters) and the longest continuation drive (699.9 meters) by operating without human drive path input during 3 sols of driving. This paper details the planning and execution of the Rapid Traverse Campaign.


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    Title :

    Perseverance Rapid Traverse Campaign


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    Publication date :

    2023-03-04


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    15644180 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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