Smart orb bots on ISS

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LJK — 7/12/2006 2:31:01 PM (archived)

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On space station, droids get a workout

Christian Science Monitor July 11, 2006

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"Smart" orbs, now being tested on
the space station, may become NASA's
worker bees in space, using
computers, position sensors, and
tiny thrusters made to maneuver with
precision. Able to fly in precision
formation, the robots may one day
hold the key to building everything
from huge space telescopes that can
peer deeply into the universe...

http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5729&m=25748

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'Smart' spacecraft makes its own decisions - LJK - 7/7/2006 4:00:12 PM
- Very cool - McFly - 7/7/2006 9:21:41 PM
  - re: Very cool Mcfly. - RobVG - 7/8/2006 3:49:58 PM
    - re: Very cool Mcfly. - McFly - 7/9/2006 2:23:54 AM
      - re: Very cool Mcfly. - RobVG - 7/9/2006 3:04:06 AM
        
        Yeah, this was back when GUI... - McFly - 7/10/2006 4:46:14 AM
        
        Thanks (n/t) - RobVG - 7/11/2006 12:12:31 AM
        
        NASA to test artificial intelligence control of Mars drill in Arctic - LJK - 7/12/2006 1:36:49 PM
        
        Smart orb bots on ISS - LJK - 7/12/2006 2:31:01 PM

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