The general approach to finding and measuring the temperature of water on mars is a very simple concept. As can be seen in the figure, after having descended on mars, the robot starts off by simply roaming around. The goal of this roaming mode (details on this in a future post) is to drive around so that the camera gets a good chance of spotting a lake. When this happens, the roaming mode is being exchanged for the lake approaching mode. The obvious result of this lake approaching mode is that the robot will be in such a position that the temperature of the lake can be measured. After having send the temperature information back to earth, the robot will go into a driving away from lake mode. The purpose of this mode is to clear from the present lake, such that the roaming mode can be safely resumed again.
This scheme will be iterated a couple of times (depending on the number of lakes on mars), until the last lake is found and measured.
Tags: General Strategy, Mars Mission
