Tuesday, December 26

Spider Robots And The Space Web

Image above: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to test a Furoshiki spacecraft in January 2006. Assisted by ESA's Advanced Concepts Team, it has chosen the robotics institute of the Vienna University of Technology to develop the small robots. Credits: ESA


Spider Robots And The Space Web from PhysOrg.com

Robotic 'spiders' could be the key to building large-scale structures in space, according to ESA's Advanced Concepts Team. The tiny mechanical spiders would inch their way across large nets of fabric in space performing small tasks or lining up to create an antenna or some other structure...
"This is the first small step towards satellites that collect solar energy using large arrays of solar panels and then beam the energy down to Earth..."[...]

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