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Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by rowanG077 » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:04 PM UTC

What a shitty title. The entire article doesn't even contain the word software.

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by SeekingMeaning » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:11 PM UTC

mqzkehfbazkebf wrote: post #6

benburleson wrote: post #2

Having worked on autonomous robot software, I'm willing to bet this is software taking the blame for a hardware issue :-)

Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ

Ah yes, the programmers blame the engineers, and the engineers blame the programmers

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by trianglem » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:17 PM UTC

mqzkehfbazkebf wrote: post #6

benburleson wrote: post #2

Having worked on autonomous robot software, I'm willing to bet this is software taking the blame for a hardware issue :-)

Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ

Well clearly sir you are wrong and haveth no idea of which you speak

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by noobdood » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:20 PM UTC

vidanay wrote: post #9

mqzkehfbazkebf wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ

Definitely a wetware problem.

Problem exists between keyboard and chair. Or soldering iron and bench.

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by ceejayoz » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

Ididntdothis wrote: post #8

This seems to be no big deal. Stuff like this is how learn to do real world robotics.

Sure, but your heart is probably still going to skip a few beats when you realize a software glitch has halted a $2.5 billion device.

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by pstuart » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

SeekingMeaning wrote: post #12

mqzkehfbazkebf wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ

Ah yes, the programmers blame the engineers, and the engineers blame the programmers

Let's not forget the compilers. They're always messing stuff up!

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by whatshisface » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

noobdood wrote: post #14

vidanay wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely a wetware problem.

Problem exists between keyboard and chair. Or soldering iron and bench.

The hardware and software both sit between the soldering iron and bench.

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by pbalau » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:27 PM UTC

mqzkehfbazkebf wrote: post #6

benburleson wrote: post #2

Having worked on autonomous robot software, I'm willing to bet this is software taking the blame for a hardware issue :-)

Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ

Having worked on neither, I blame it on someone trying to impress a lady.

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by dvh » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:28 PM UTC

SeekingMeaning wrote: post #12

mqzkehfbazkebf wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ

Ah yes, the programmers blame the engineers, and the engineers blame the programmers

When Einstein worked on nuclear bomb the saying was: If he fails French will say he's American, Americans will say he's German, and Germans will say he's Jew. If he succeed Germans will say he's German, Americans will say he's American, and French will say he belongs to the world.

Re: Mars rover is frozen in place following software error

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Post by ibrault » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 9:33 PM UTC

1123581321 wrote: post #4

A developer I know at JPL has been quite stressed about this operation. Unfortunately I can’t speak to details of the software changes.

It's had quite a few NAND-related issues over its time.