Robots Go Where Scientists Fear to Tread
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 16:35
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created specially designed robots called SnoMotes to traverse potentially dangerous ice environments. The SnoMotes work as a team, autonomously collaborating among themselves to gather data that could give scientists a better understanding of the important dynamics that influence the stability of ice sheets.
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