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It uses CompactPCI internally? How delightfully antiquated.
by jpm_sd 9y ago
It uses CompactPCI internally? How delightfully antiquated.
- _archon_ 9y agoMost power systems in space are far from cutting edge technology. If you're going to spend many dollars to put hardware into space, your priority shifts away from peak performance and towards steady, proven reliability. Lots of old tech is robust and well-understood. Also, work on robonaut was initiated 20 years ago.
- moftz 9y agoYou can get plenty of modern stuff to go into a MicroTCA chassis. For what is essentially an industrial computer hooked up to motors and sensors, that kind of base hardware is perfect for the role.
- jpm_sd 9y agoThe modern approach to robotics uses a high (-ish) speed serial bus - CAN 20 years ago, EtherCAT today - and a distributed network. Centralized chassis based systems are fragile and difficult to upgrade!