EPISODE · May 5, 2019 · 22 MIN
150: Undersea grippers and in-space assembly with Dr. Backus
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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.
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