<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3391"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395">Here is the UStream link for last night's lecture. <br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3441"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3444" href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/92396709">http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/92396709</a></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3482" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3483" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395">If you like robots, I highly recommend attending the encore presentation at Pasadena City College's Vosloh Forum tonight. The talk was a lot of fun--man, they get to go to cool places to test their robots. But this is a great opportunity to talk directly with someone who is doing innovative work in robotics for various applications. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3724" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3764" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395">His background is mechanical engineering, so he's very into the physical design and rapid prototyping of the robots.</span></div><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395"></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3495" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3395">Lan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3437" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3488" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3487" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3486" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3494" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3493" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Lan Dang via HAK <hak@sgvhak.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Hardware Hacking Special Interest Group <hak@sgvhak.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 18, 2016 6:21 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [SGVHAK] Fw: [SGVLUG] JPL: Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3485" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8724520271"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477072329159_3484">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. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">I'm planning to attend the Thursday session at JPL and go to Tux-Lab afterwards for our HAK meeting.<div id="yiv8724520271yMail_cursorElementTracker_1476796652384"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8724520271yMail_cursorElementTracker_1476796653180">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.</div><div id="yiv8724520271yMail_cursorElementTracker_1476796840961"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8724520271yMail_cursorElementTracker_1476796842184">Lan<br clear="none"><div id="yiv8724520271ymail_android_signature"><br clear="none"></div> <br clear="none"> <div class="yiv8724520271yqt0327572488" id="yiv8724520271yqt71806"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0;"> <div>On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM, yoshio</div><div><ak209@lafn.org> wrote:</div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div class="yiv8724520271msgSandbox" id="yiv8724520271msgSandbox_AIx2imIAC1XZWAOwXghNAH2lnvI_TEXT" style="padding:1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em;word-wrap:break-word;">The von Kármán Lecture Series: 2016<br clear="none">Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space<br clear="none"><br clear="none">October 20 & 21<br clear="none"><br clear="none">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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Speaker:<br clear="none">Dr. Aaron Parness<br clear="none">Extreme Environment Robotics Group, JPL<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Location:<br clear="none">Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7pm<br clear="none">Save the date Click here to add the date to your online calendar<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/cal/20161020.ics">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/cal/20161020.ics</a><br clear="none">The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL<br clear="none">4800 Oak Grove Drive<br clear="none">Pasadena, CA<br clear="none">› Directions<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about_JPL/maps.cfm">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about_JPL/maps.cfm</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Friday, October 21, 2016, 7pm<br clear="none">Save the date Click here to add the date to your online calendar<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/cal/20161021.ics">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/cal/20161021.ics</a><br clear="none">The Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College<br clear="none">1570 East Colorado Blvd.<br clear="none">Pasadena, CA<br clear="none">› Directions<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us/map/pcccampus.htm">http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us/map/pcccampus.htm</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Webcast:<br clear="none">Click here to watch the event live on Ustream<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2">http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">source:<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=2016&month=10">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=2016&month=10</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.meetup.com/EverydaySpacer-com5/events/230933750/">https://www.meetup.com/EverydaySpacer-com5/events/230933750/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </blockquote></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>