JAXA: Positioning system active on the lunar base: “picalico”

JAXA: Positioning system active on the lunar base: “picalico”

-JAXA and Casio experiment at the stadium-

Casio Calculator:

November 29,

“We will start experimenting with a positioning system that is supposed to be used at a lunar base in collaboration with JAXA.”

Positioning system experiment:

Experiments using Casio’s positioning system “picalico”.

It will be held until December 3rd at a baseball stadium in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

JAXA’s lunar exploration:

JAXA plans to establish a lunar base after 2030 for lunar exploration.

There is no “GNSS (Satellite Positioning System) required for the movement of rover” on the moon.

Adopt Casio’s proposal:

June 2020 Call for position measurement / estimation technology at the “6th Research Proposal Call”.

Casio’s positioning system “picalico” was adopted.

What is “picalico”?

A positioning system used by Casio for automatic conveyors in factories.

It uses its own “camera visible light communication technology”.

From the LED light, LED light of 3 colors (red, green, blue),
With a pattern that changes 24 or 12 times
Create one ID information.
Calculate current position:

The vehicle equipped with the receiver (camera) calculates the current position from the coordinates associated with the ID.

–ITmedia NEWS

https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2111/29/news105.html

What is Picalico | Visible Light Communication Picalico | Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

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