1/18/2006: Lunokhod 1

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01-18-2006, 01:05 PM

magilla

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

So whose idea was it to put two cameras right on the front, looking all like eyes?

It has to see where it's going- wouldn't want it to drive off a cliff, would you? And you need two cameras for stereoscopic vision. That's why arboreal critters (or their descendents, like us) have front-facing eye. It's really bad to misjudge the distance to that next branch...

Chris

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