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Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)
Newly developed event cameras have the promise of addressing three main failure modes of standard planetary exploration cameras: Low-light conditions (e.g. lava tube entrance is too dark for regular cameras), High-dynamic range (e.g. shadowed areas or bright regions cause under/over-exposure in regular cameras), fast motion such as a helicopter may experience (causes motion blur in regular cameras)
Initial characterization of the performance new event cameras for planetary exploration scenarios.
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