NASA crowdsources design ideas for its new ISS-bound robot [feedly]

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NASA crowdsources design ideas for its new ISS-bound robot
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Since arriving in 2006, NASA's SPHERES robots have roamed the International Space Station assisting in microgravity research by serving as engineering and robotic testbeds. Now it is time for an upgrade. As NASA prepares to launch SPHERES' successor, a free-flying cube-shaped robot known as Astrobee, it is crowdsourcing design concepts for one of new machine's more noteworthy features, a robotic arm to be used for perching and interacting with objects.

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Category: Robotics

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