yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) (01/18/90)
I remember reading that JPL was investigating the use of microbots as planetary rovers (perhaps in conjuction with Rodney Brooks' research group at MIT?). Does anyone have the names of the people involved or a reference to any publications describing this work? Thanks, _______________________________________________________________________________ Brian Yamauchi University of Rochester yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department _______________________________________________________________________________
kcarroll@utzoo.uucp (Kieran A. Carroll) (01/18/90)
> yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) writes: > > I remember reading that JPL was investigating the use of > microbots as planetary rovers (perhaps in conjuction with Rodney > Brooks' research group at MIT?). > > Does anyone have the names of the people involved or a > reference to any publications describing this work? As it happens, yes I do. See Jones, Ross M.; "Think Small - In Large Numbers"; Aerospace America; October 19, 1989; pp. 14-17 for an article on several types of microspacecraft, including ones designed at JPL. And, if you're luucky enough to have access to the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, see the October 1989 issue. It's a special "Small Mission Systems" issue, and contains 9 articles on microrobots and microspacecraft (award for the most amusing title goes to Rodney Brooks and Anita Flynn, for "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: A Robot Invasion of the Solar System" in this issue, about the microrobots developed at MIT's AI Lab). -- Kieran A. Carroll @ U of Toronto Aerospace Institute uunet!attcan!utzoo!kcarroll kcarroll@zoo.toronto.edu