Author: David - Date: July 16, 2008 - Category: RSS
Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself: "Cowards Anonymous passes along a PCWorld article that begins, 'The robotic arm on the Mars Lander found itself in a tough position over the weekend. After receiving instructions for a movement that would have damaged its wrist, the robotic arm recognized the problem, tried to rectify it and then shut down before it could damage itself, according to Ray Arvidson, a co-investigator for the Mars Lander's robotic arm team and a professor at Washington University in St. Louis.'Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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(Via Slashdot.)
Heh, saw this in my RSS reader, and thought it was a bit interesting...what do you think?
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