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TimeSys-Powered Mars Exploration Rover Demonstrated at JavaOne(SM) Conference

TimeSys Corporation has announced that its TimeSys Linux RTOS (real-time operating system) and JTime real-time Java(TM) virtual machine are driving the Mars Exploration Rover concept vehicle being demonstrated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Sun Microsystems' James Gosling at the JavaOne Conference this week in San Francisco.
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But does it work?

Posted Jun 12, 2003 20:37 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

Probably it would have been better for TimeSys to wait until after it's demonstrated that the rover actually works before they call attention to their role the project.

But does it work?

Posted Jun 12, 2003 21:11 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

They did. The announcement includes a picture of the rover taken during the conference.

If you mean the real rovers, either they use different software or TimeSys is waiting patiently :-)

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