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
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