The autonomous driving capabilities on Curiosity (known as "guarded" and "autonav" modes) are quite limited and haven't been used recently. They don't work in r

The autonomous driving capabilities on Curiosity (known as "guarded" and "autonav" modes) are quite limited and haven't been used recently. They don't work in rough terrain, and we've been in rough terrain for a while now. This means that we can only drive to the end of the 3D meshes generated from images from the previous parking spot. When the terrain is acceptable for autonav we can usually rely on orbital imagery and drive farther. We do set limits on suspension angles and tilt of the rover. So we'll say "stop driving if you are tilted more than 20 degrees," "stop driving if your differential angle goes above 7 degrees," etc.