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Article #534Re: CM Ambler Rover
From: James R Vallino
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 14:27
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 14:27
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In article <74@tucson.sie.arizona.edu> bill@tucson.sie.arizona.edu (Bill Ganoe) writes: >The basic idea here is that if a mini-rover (or micro-rover) falls in >a crater or whatever: (1) it will be small enough that it will be less >susceptible to serious damage than a larger "moon stomper", and (2) it >will try to get out of the crater more or less like a roach or other >insect would try to get out of, say, a toilet bowl here. And when the rover detects that it is stuck it can begin emitting a signal which the other mini-rovers can interpret either as a call for help or a warning to stay away. -- Jim Vallino Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ jrv@demon.siemens.com princeton!siemens!demon!jrv (609) 734-3331
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!idunno!siemens!demon!jrv From: jrv@demon.siemens.com (James R Vallino) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: CM Ambler Rover Message-ID: <33363@siemens.siemens.com> Date: 2 Jul 90 14:27:48 GMT References: <3708@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <95816@philabs.Philips.Com> <8528@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <74@tucson.sie.arizona.edu> Sender: news@siemens.siemens.com Reply-To: jrv@demon.siemens.com Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. Lines: 15