Former GPK MOGI student researched the navigation of jumping robots on asteroids in Japan

Interview with Gábor Kovács who made his master degree in mechatronics engineering at BME Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (GPK). They received his PhD degree at Chuo University in Japan, with his study focusing on image processing.

'My research was in connection with small exploration rovers, to be sent on foreign celestial bodies. These rovers have to be controlled in various ways. For instance, with remote control, the Moon is easily reachable in a few seconds. But between Earth and Mars, it takes some minutes, so they are out of reach in real-time. Thus, the robot can navigate itself with computer vision.  From the image, it has to recognize obstacles, for instance, if there is a rock: the rover has to realize that it cannot cope with the rock and evade.' More