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Georgia Tech had a team in Antarctica recently doing field tests of robots designed to explore under very thick ice sheets, specifically to prepare for a Europa
by blueintegral 12y ago
Georgia Tech had a team in Antarctica recently doing field tests of robots designed to explore under very thick ice sheets, specifically to prepare for a Europa mission.
http://schmidt.eas.gatech.edu/simple/ http://schmidt.eas.gatech.edu/simple/
- oscully 12y agoI work on this project under Bill Stone's company Stone Aerospace [1]. One of the projects, VALKYRIE [2], is a laser powered cryobot to melt through ice in order to launch a vehicle in the water underneath. ARTEMIS is the AUV for SIMPLE, and is the third generation following the AUVs DEPTHX & ENDURANCE. VALKYRIE has been field tested and ARTEMIS goes to Antarctica this fall. [1] http://www.stoneaerospace.com/ http://www.stoneaerospace.com/ [2] http://www.wired.com/2012/04/bill-stone-laser-powered-europa-rover http://www.wired.com/2012/04/bill-stone-laser-powered-europa...