Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognise scientific features in images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover. Because all machine learning algorithms require training from humans, and it's way too big a job for a few humans - NASA has asked members of the public if they can help to label features of scientific interest in imagery taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
The project is called AI4Mars and involves looking at photo's taken by the Mars based robot and labelling what you see, like sand and rock. This helps the robot drivers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to know what to watch out for when planning routes on the Red Planet.
A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. By helping out, you could help direct the robot to unique places of interest for more research while also helping it to avoid any dangerous rocks or bumps along the way.
To join in just visit:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hiro-ono/ai4mars
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