Imagine you're all alone, driving along in a rocky, unforgiving desert with no roads, no map, no GPS, and no more than one ...

Nasa has developed a new technology that allows Perseverance, its most recently deployed Mars rover, to locate itself on the planet with an accuracy within 25cm.

With the help of a new optical system, the Perseverance rover can determine its position on Mars autonomously and much more accurately than before.

Mars Global Localization (MGL), a tech similar to GPS on Earth, lets Perseverance nail down its coordinates to about 10 inches.

American space agency NASA announced it found a new way to allow the Perseverance rover to determine its position on Mars by itself.

NASA JPL’s Mars Global Localisation lets Perseverance pinpoint its position to 25cm in minutes, boosting autonomy.

A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

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