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Started by Eric Paulos
Sat, 09 Jan 1993 08:52
Re: How to Explore Mars
Author: Eric Paulos
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 08:52
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 08:52
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My previous post was inexplicable truncated. Here's the whole post. I believe that many small robots is the only viable method to explore planets because it allows redundance as a feasible option. The risks involved in a single large robot are far to great to take considering the numerous variables involved in planetary exploration. As an example NASA used TWO voyagers and TWO martian landers in the mid-seventies. Numerous, small, simple robots should be the approach. Again computer architects have made the move from CISC to RISC. Now it's time for robotics to do the same! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Paulos Robotics Laboratory paulos@robotics.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley (510) 642-3248 Berkeley, CA 94720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: How to Explore Mars
Author: John Nagle
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:11
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:11
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The Mt. Erebus operation was very impressive. But it saddens me to
see so much of America's best robot expertise wasted on one-of-a-kind
projects for NASA. We're not going to catch up with Japan that way.
When we have lots of mobile robots working reliably on Earth, modifying
one for planetary exploration will be a straightforward job. But why
waste the research resources working on a low-volume low-payoff application
like Mars exploration?
Let's face it; Mars isn't that interesting a place. It's lifeless,
cold, airless, and looks like Arizona. The effort to find that out was
worthwhile, but further ground-level exploration doesn't seem cost-effective
given current launch costs.
It will be interesting to see if the Clinton Administration's
"civilian DARPA" redirects funding in more productive directions.
John Nagle
Re: How to Explore Mars
Author: Marcos Salganicoff
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:28
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:28
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In article <1993Jan9.181135.21304@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes: > When we have lots of mobile robots working reliably on Earth, modifying >one for planetary exploration will be a straightforward job. But why >waste the research resources working on a low-volume low-payoff application >like Mars exploration? Yes, but if you get terrestrial locomotion, manipulation, perception and navigation down pat, that has benefits not just for Martian exploration. You will coincendentally have many subtasks mastered which are needed for roving around unhappy nuclear power plants, buildings on fire, and chemical waste dumps like Hanford, to name but a few terrestrial scenarios (and large markets). Marcos Salganicoff GRASP LAB UPENN
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