Scout the path before the first step on Mars
Orbital maps are years old and can't see a loose rock. Earth is minutes away. ARGUS-1 sends cheap autonomous rovers ahead of an astronaut's Marswalk in Jezero Crater to check the route and update a NASA-data map, live.
One command, three rovers, one map
Illustrative run, not to scale. R1 is our physical rover on a Jezero terrain model; R2 and R3 run in the digital twin on the same map.
How it works
NASA data, layered
Every layer supports a decision on the walk. Built ahead of time, works offline.
- HiRISE terrain
- Slope (DTM)
- CRISM carbonates
- MEDA weather
- RAD + DONKI radiation
- Perseverance photos
- Live fleet
Rovers go first
Tracked, 3D-printed rovers scout one segment each, flag hazards, collect samples, and flip rocks to photograph the unaltered ground underneath, a cheap take on Perseverance's abrasion tool.
Voice command
The astronaut speaks; a small local model splits the route, assigns rovers and narrates every finding.
The AI never drives. A deterministic executor moves the hardware, and a rover finishes its segment even if the link drops.