Canadian AI Technology Soars to New Heights

Artificial intelligence is taking off. Literally.

A Canadian machine learning system is making its way to the moon on a United Arad Emirates rover that launched on a SpaceX rocket on December 11, 2022. The AI enabled 360-degree image operating system includes multiple cameras and was designed to accommodate the lunar landscape. The system will be used to image 2 rovers, one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and one from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in the United Arab Estimates.

The rover is expected to touch down this spring, searching for minerals and other geologic features. Canada's AI system will inform the rover's decision making and  will be the first time an AI has ever reached beyond a low Earth orbit, according to officials.

If this mission is successful, the technology will be a large leap for NASA'S moon push. The mission plans to seek out water sources and make Earth observations more efficient.

If all goes to plan, the Rashid rover will run for approximately one lunar day, or 14 earth days. It is not expected to last the lunar night. Rashid's rover navigation images will be sent to the base, which will handle communications with Earth. Then the output will be sent to the ground to be used by scientists and engineers to help decide where the rover should go next. Once engineers are confident the AI knows how to classify different features like rocks and craters, humans will be taken out of the mission.

If all goes well, we could see this technology implemented all across the universe.

For more information, click here:  https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2022/11/canadian-technologies-on-their-way-to-the-moon.html