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Robotic spiders may be headed to the moon
The next visitors to the moon may not be humans. No, instead they may be these robotic spiders, designed to quickly swarm across the lunar surface, collecting data through sensors and cameras.
The concept is an entry in the Google X Prize contest from Team Italia, who's looking to win $20 million by landing these robots on the moon and sending high-def images back to Earth by 2012.
By Old Man Dotes at 7:15 PM ON 05/13/09
I suppose next we'll see British people demonstrating against "Google Lunar Crater View" photography, all while the UK's closed-circuit police video cameras are watching them try to blockade TV news vans trying to cover the demonstration.
By aaa at 7:15 AM ON 05/14/09
really this is very nice technology and blog i love it
By alpha at 8:34 AM ON 05/14/09
Hmm? pretty sure spiders have 8 legs.
By roshinobi at 9:14 AM ON 05/14/09
Moon, exciting, yeah. But where I really want to see this thing is Battle Bots.
By Mystok at 10:25 AM ON 05/14/09
And ten years later we will be battling alien robots as in Moontrap (1989).
By Bluesman at 4:00 PM ON 05/14/09
"And ten years later we will be battling alien robots as in Moontrap (1989)."
That's Ok, we just send in Bruce Campbell to mop up. :)
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