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150: Undersea grippers and in-space assembly with Dr. Backus
Spacepod
English - May 05, 2019 16:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 377 ratingsAstronomy Science Earth Sciences earth saturn spaceexploration stars asteroids astronomy galaxies jupiter mars mercury Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr Spencer Backus talks about his work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He explains the complexities of trying to design hands for robots. An example of a robot hand is the undersea gripper he worked on, which looks like "an angry starfish." He also talks about the benefits and challenges of in-space assembly of spacecraft.