Sentences with phrase «robotic exploration at»

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She pursued a Ph.D. in robotic space exploration at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and did internships with NASA's Ames Research Center.

Nor is it obvious how grand a grand challenge can be, such as in space exploration: «You can start this kind of activity with small robotic projects, but at some point it doesn't scale up very well,» says Howard McCurdy, a space historian and public policy professor at American University in Washington, D.C. «Nobody knows where the limit is.»

This feature means that the muscles can be used in numerous applications at multiple scales, such as miniature surgical devices, wearable robotic exoskeletons, transformable architecture, deep - sea manipulators for research or construction, and large deployable structures for space exploration.

Ideas abounded: using ion engines to ferry up the components of a moon base; beaming power to robotic rovers on the Martian moon Phobos; attaching high - power Hall effect thrusters to the International Space Station (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using exploration pods like those in 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space station.

Engineers in the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway - like robotic vehicles.

The additional funds would support the administration's directive to reinvigorate human and robotic exploration of Earth's moon and other planets in the solar system but would also come at the expense of several other big - ticket items in NASA's portfolio — namely the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), a «flagship» - class mission next in line for launch after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

«Most of what's known about the bottom of the ocean has come from images shot miles up in the water column, and it's a relatively coarse data set,» Cameron said recently at roundtable discussion in New York City with WHOI scientists who design, build and operate manned and robotic deep - sea exploration vehicles.

To find out more about the education activities of the ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate, contact Rebecca at [email protected].

Even though they remain somewhat neglected in the annals of robotic space exploration, the very mysterious ice giants at the far reaches of the Solar System beckon.

Join the growing number of space enthusiasts dedicated to the robotic and human exploration of the Red Planet by ordering a URC t - shirt or decal at the special web site maintained by the Mars Society and Team Mars (shop.marssociety.org).

BlueBot projects can work both as at - home robotics exploration or as a science or engineering project for a school assignment (depending on the assignment requirements).

Running briskly at the IMAX standard of 40 minutes, Roving Mars covers the recent NASA exploration mission that saw two robotic rovers traveling to the surface of the Red Planet.

It aims to provide a compelling introduction to computer aided design, robotics, and space exploration through the design and modelling of a virtual robot at work on another planet.

Students will be inspired by real space, STEM and education experts including Sue Horne and Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency Exploration team, volcanologist Professor Tamsin Mather, Mars weather expert Professor Stephen Lewis, Pamela Burnard, Professor of Arts, Creativities and Education at the University of Cambridge and robotics expert Professor Peter McOwan at Queen Mary University of London.

Grantees from Austin, Fort Worth, Manor, Taylor, and the University of Texas at Tyler Ingenuity Center demonstrated activities related to career exploration, robotics, gaming, and integrating the arts to move from STEM to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).