“WE ARE learning about the awesome potential of human and robot teams,” says Simon “Pete” Worden of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. Worden, his team of robots and their controllers are in the Canadian Arctic exploring the best ways to work together in preparation for crewed missions to the moon and Mars.
– called K10 Black (pictured) and K10 Red – use GPS to navigate on Earth. They are equipped with laser scanners which can map the terrain up to 1 kilometre away and also carry ground-penetrating radar that scans to a depth of 5 metres.
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