Future Robot Space Explorers, Technological Developments |
Future Robot Space Explorers, Technological Developments |
Dec 12 2005, 08:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Robotic 'spiders' could be the key to building large-scale structures in space,
according to ESA's Advanced Concepts Team. The tiny mechanical spiders would inch their way across large nets of fabric in space performing small tasks or lining up to create an antenna or some other structure. Full story: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHVXVLWFE_index_0.html ************************* Exploring Caves with Hopping Microbots Astrobiology Magazine Dec. 8, 2005 ************************* NASA-funded researchers are developing "hopping microbots" capable of exploring hazardous terrain, including underground caves and one day, to search for life below the surface of... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedire...sID=5103&m=7610 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Dec 23 2005, 12:06 PM
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On the excellent " The Planets " DVD set of BBC, Steve Squyres describe a robotic mission to the moon Europa... this is illustrated by a great animation showing a landing on Europa, melt down through the icy crust and underwater movement of a futuristic robotic probe
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Dec 23 2005, 02:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Dec 23 2005, 07:06 AM) On the excellent " The Planets " DVD set of BBC, Steve Squyres describe a robotic mission to the moon Europa... this is illustrated by a great animation showing a landing on Europa, melt down through the icy crust and underwater movement of a futuristic robotic probe On the PBS special Life Beyond Earth, produced by Timothy Ferris, they had a segment depicting a lander on Europa and its ice-burrowing cryobot, which you can see a still of here: http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/alone/europa.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jan 11 2006, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Robonauts
Boston Globe January 9, 2006 ************************* The new robot designs for space exploration are part of a broader shift toward a vision of robots that are partners, not simply remote-controlled probes. At the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, robots are developing the skills they'll need to be useful to people. The Mertz robot recognizes faces and distinguishes... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedire...sID=5198&m=7610 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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