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There were a lot of people from DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) at iSAIRAS. I spent some time with a group who were working on the "DLR Crawler" which, apparently, has been cobbled together out of the "DLR Hand". I had high hopes of this, with visions of this disembodied hand crawling about on the surface of Mars. In reality, the DLR Crawler looks a lot less like a hand than you might expect.

They were looking at the use of stereoscopic vision to make assessments of the roughness of any terrain the crawler had to traverse and plan a route and modify its gait accordingly.




DLR Hand


The DLR crawler people (looking remarkably smart) showing off their demonstration set up.


A slightly scary-looking artist's impression of the DLR crawlers deployed



This entry was originally posted at http://purplecat.dreamwidth.org/19820.html.

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Date: 2010-09-19 10:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lukadreaming.livejournal.com
How do these vary from the crawler thing that got sent to Mars and never came home (the one involving the guy from the OU with the Bristol accent -- I'm blanking on his name! Colin something?)

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Date: 2010-09-19 12:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lukadreaming.livejournal.com
Ah, OK! I've got a vague idea it did have wheels.

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