Eurobot rover under astronaut control
ESA’s Eurobot rover roving at Estec on 7 August under live control by astronaut Alexander Gerst on board the ISS. The demonstration helped test a new fault-tolerant telecommunication network that could support a future mission to Mars or an asteroid.
Are those rubber tires with air pressure or airless? Seem like a risk choosing the cheap way…
On Thursday, from onboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut @Alexander Gerst controlled a rover on Earth – here's a look at the car-sized Eurobot rover moving under his control.
Read more on our website:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Gerst_drives_car-sized_rover_from_space
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Practice, practice and more practice. Good job and keep pushing forward.
Don't get me wrong, this thing is amazing, but it looks a little bodged together. I would kill for 10 minutes with the controls though.