[SGVHAK] Fw: [SGVLUG] JPL: Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space

[Lan Dang]

In addition to showing off their robots, they will also describe the new techniques they are using to prototype the robots from 3d printing to computer-aided design and miniature electronics.  

I'm planning to attend the Thursday session at JPL and go to Tux-Lab afterwards for our HAK meeting.
BTW, if you can't make it, they usually live stream the Thursday session on Ustream.  If you are using that option, you may want to check that you have the plugins for that service first. Looks like it uses Flash player.
Lan

 
 
  On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM, yoshio<ak209 at lafn.org> wrote:   The von Kármán Lecture Series: 2016
Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space

October 20 & 21

The ability to rove the surface of Mars has revolutionized JPL missions. With more advanced mobility, new targets like cliff faces, cave ceilings, and the surfaces of asteroids and comets could be explored. This talk will present the work of JPL’s Robotic Rapid Prototyping Lab. This includes grippers for NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission, which plans to extract a 15-ton boulder from the surface and alter the asteroid’s orbit, a method that could prevent future impacts to the Earth. The talk will also present gecko inspired adhesives currently being tested on the International Space Station, miniaturized robots that can drive across surfaces in zero gravity, and rock climbing robots traversing giant lava tubes in New Mexico. We will discuss not only the projects, but the new tools and techniques (3D printers, computer-aided-design software, miniature electronics) that allow us to build and iterate robots more quickly than ever before.

Speaker:
Dr. Aaron Parness
Extreme Environment Robotics Group, JPL

Location:
Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7pm
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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/cal/20161020.ics
The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA
› Directions
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about_JPL/maps.cfm

Friday, October 21, 2016, 7pm
Save the date Click here to add the date to your online calendar
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/cal/20161021.ics
The Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
› Directions
http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us/map/pcccampus.htm

Webcast:
Click here to watch the event live on Ustream
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2


source:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=2016&month=10
https://www.meetup.com/EverydaySpacer-com5/events/230933750/

  
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