NASA repurposes Mars Helicopter’s ancient Snapdragon SoC to help Perseverance rover navigate

Theregister | 23-02-2026 07:17pm |

Upgrade allows robot to travel ‘potentially unlimited distances’ without phoning home for help NASA has revealed it repurposed the processor the Perseverance rover used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, to help the rolling robot navigate the Red Planet autonomously “for potentially unlimited distances.”...

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