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Imitation of the parachute opening algorithm

In this demonstration, we will build a parachute model for the Curiosity rover. This is a third-generation rover
designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

The rover is an autonomous chemical
laboratory several times larger and heavier than the previous
Spirit and Opportunity rovers. The parachute under it, as well as under many other devices, was used with
the following algorithms, which open automatically based on height,
as well as determine its speed.

The parachute is deployed in the altitude range from 6500 to
17,000 m .

In this example, two variants of the implementation
of this algorithm are analyzed. In the first case, we use blocks from
the basic block library, and in the second case, we use the engee function.
The implementation of these two algorithms is presented below.

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Auxiliary function Declarations

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# Подключение вспомогательной функции запуска модели.
function run_model( name_model)
    
    Path = (@__DIR__) * "/" * name_model * ".engee"
    
    if name_model in [m.name for m in engee.get_all_models()] # Проверка условия загрузки модели в ядро
        model = engee.open( name_model ) # Открыть модель
        model_output = engee.run( model, verbose=true ); # Запустить модель
    else
        model = engee.load( Path, force=true ) # Загрузить модель
        model_output = engee.run( model, verbose=true ); # Запустить модель
        engee.close( name_model, force=true ); # Закрыть модель
    end
    sleep(5)
    return model_output
end
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run_model (generic function with 1 method)

Comparison of the results of the models

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run_model("mars_para_block")
run_model("mars_para_julia")

out_block = collect(out_block)
out_julia = collect(out_julia)

out_time = out_block.time
out_block = out_block.value
out_julia = out_julia.value

A = plot(out_time, out_block)
plot!(out_time, out_julia)
xlabel!("Time")
ylabel!("State")

B = plot(out_block-out_julia, label="error")

plot(A,B)
WorkspaceArray("data_arr_1")
Building...
Progress 5%
Progress 24%
Progress 41%
Progress 57%
Progress 77%
Progress 94%
Progress 100%
Progress 100%
Building...
Progress 0%
Progress 7%
Progress 27%
Progress 44%
Progress 66%
Progress 87%
Progress 100%
Progress 100%
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Conclusion

As we can see in the graphs, the systems work the same way, and the moment
of parachute opening coincided for both implementations of the algorithm,
which indicates the identity of the implemented logic.