> Imagine all the automation this requires, but without any advanced electronics. Was it all relays and switches? Yes, basically. My understanding is that it w

> Imagine all the automation this requires, but without any advanced electronics. Was it all relays and switches? Yes, basically. My understanding is that it was a very fancy RC car with extra strong antennas to be able to give video feeds from the 4 cameras and receive commands live from Earth. (Plus bells and whistles like solar panels and a plutonium heater, see [0].) The moon is only 1 light second away, so remote controlling a car that moves at 1 mph is not too much of an issue. (Though with bad video quality it is still a challenge, see the fate of Lunokhod 2.) [0] https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2011/03/rovers-learning-from-lunokhod/ https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2011/03/rovers-lea...