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RE: ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
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Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:02:19 GMT
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Not to be a nudge or anything, but I doubt they use fans....there isn't
much air up there to push around ;>)
The astronaut back packs use compressed nitrogen, I believe. I don't think
they use them (after the initial tests), because of the inherent danger in
leaving the shuttle un-tethered. This would be the perfect place for an
autonomous robot.
Jeff
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry King [SMTP:tking@together.net]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 8:10 AM
To: lugnet.robotics.edu@lugnet.com
Subject: ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
Since kids will have seen this on TV, it may be part of the
current popular view of "Robots".. The link is:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/CuttingEdge/wnt_102999_CE_SpaceRobot.html
Short abstract: This Personal Satellite Assistant, or PSA, will hover
in the weightlessness of space. It's like having a buddy there to help
you out, a virtual crew member. Propelled by tiny fans, the robot
would contain a camera, a small TV screen and arrays of powerful sensors.
It could patrol the space station, monitoring life support, broadcast
what it saw back to the ground, diagnose broken circuits, even
respond to voice commands....
Regards,
Terry King ...In The Woods In Vermont
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| Not to be a nudge back at you, but I believe that they DO use fans. The information that I saw regarding these gave me the impression that they were for INSIDE the spacecraft. Where there would be plenty of air, in use for other relatively mundane (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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