NASA Robots Using Google's 3D Smartphones Getting Ready For Launch

Google's new three dimensional sensing smartphones, part of Project Tango, are going to be used as the computers for NASA robots on board the International Space Station.

Google's new three dimensional sensing smartphones, part of Project Tango, are going to be used as the computers for NASA robots on board the International Space Station.

Known by their acronym SPHERES, the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites will take over some daily chores for astronauts, along with performing some of the more dangerous tasks outside of the spacecraft.

SPHERES robots

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Keeping Mars Rovers From Getting Stuck | MIT JPL Space Science Full HD Video

Visit my website at - a team from MIT's Robotic Mobility Group, Washington University in St. Louis and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have created a software system called Artemis that accurately simulates rover mobility over various types of soil and terrain. The ability to travel over rough terrain without becoming stuck has always been one of the biggest challenges engineers face when designing rovers.

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Keeping Mars Rovers From Getting Stuck | MIT JPL Space Science Full HD Video

Visit my website at http://www.junglejoel.com - a team from MIT's Robotic Mobility Group, Washington University in St. Louis and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have created a software system called Artemis that accurately simulates rover mobility over various types of soil and terrain.

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