exomars

The exomars tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussion of the European Space Agency's ExoMars rover program and the consumer PC hardware that turns up around it. The tagged content centers on Airbus engineers in the UK using a Valve Steam Deck running custom software to drive an ExoMars rover prototype around a Mars-like test yard, a story reported by TechSpot and IGN and shown in a Tom Scott video. The thread highlights the practical limits of that setup: the handheld's sticks, buttons and triggers give real-time control of the ground test vehicle, but it does not steer anything on Mars, since ESA designed the rover to pick its own routes.