News by: Hamad Ali 18th April 2014
news source: GoogleATAP
SPHERES: Google has been working with the NASA Ames Research Centre to integrate the Project Tango technology onto a robotic platform called SPHERES.The SPHERES platform is intended to be a zero-gravity autonomous unit.
Since the summer of 2013, the Project Tango team has been working closely with a team at the NASA Ames Research Center. The goal is to integrate a Project Tango prototype onto a robotic platform, called SPHERES, that flies inside the International Space Station. The SPHERES program aims to develop zero-gravity autonomous platforms that could act as robotic assistants for astronauts or perform maintenance activities independently on station. The 3D-tracking and mapping capabilities of Project Tango would allow SPHERES to reconstruct a 3D-map of the space station and, for the first time in history, enable autonomous navigation of a floating robotic platform 230 miles above the surface of the earth.
Launch of Project Tango and SPHERES are scheduled into orbit this summer. The future is awesome.
Hmm..An Android smart phone will 230 miles above to capture the 3D-map, i think it is really a cool thing,what do you think
news source: GoogleATAP
