The Force Is Strong With NASA's Smartphone-Powered Satellites

Posted on Aug 10, 2011 01:40:41 PM | John Entwistle | 0 Comments |

How can robots help humans live and work in space? NASA is studying that right now!

SPHERES are independent spacecraft able to complete tasks for astronauts; these little spacecraft can fly inside and, in the future, outside the space station to help complete essential tasks. NASA connected each SPHERE to a smartphone that gives them SPHERE camera capabilities, sensors to help conduct inspections, a computing unit to make calculations and Wi-Fi.

Link to NASA Now: Robonaut 2

For more information about SPHERES: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/spheres_smartphone.html

Link to the NES Virtual Campus participant's home page.

Tags : NASA Mission Update, NASA Point of Interest

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