An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an unmanned space mission unmanned space ... robot, or aerobot ref Barnes D.P., Summers, P., Shaw, A., An investigation into aerobot technologies ... link to NASA TM ref Most aerobot concepts are based on aerostat s, primarily balloon s, but occasionally ... operational, the aerobot will be largely on its own and will have to conduct its mission autonomously, accepting only general commands over its long link to Earth. The aerobot will have to navigate ... aerobot effort After the success of the Venus VEGA balloons, Blamont focused on a more ambitious ... to cost, and the probe was lost on launch in 1996 anyway. JPL aerobot experiments By this time, the Jet ... aerobot technology. The first such experiments focused on a series of reversible fluid balloons ... on a full fledged aerobot experiment named PAT, for Planetary Aerobot Testbed , which was intended to demonstrate a complete planetary aerobot through flights into Earth s atmosphere. PAT concepts ... to lead to a Mars aerobot, under the name MABVAP, for Mars Aerobot Validation Program . MABVAP experiments ... deployment phase of a planetary aerobot mission, and development of envelopes for superpressure ..., both to support the balloon missions and to validate technologies for planetary aerobots. JPL aerobot ... studies for planetary aerobot missions to Mars , Venus , Saturn s moon Titan moon Titan , and the outer ... aerobot mission, named MABTEX, for Mars Aerobot Technology Experiment . As its name implies, MABTEX ... aerobot named MGA, for Mars Geoscience Aerobot . Current design concepts for MGA envision a superpressure ... by a small solar powered blimp named MASEPA, for Mars Solar Electric Propelled Aerobot . Venus JPL has also pursued similar studies on Venus aerobots. A Venus Aerobot Technology Experiment VEBTEX ... on full operational missions. One mission concept, the Venus Aerobot Multisonde VAMS , envisions an aerobot ... Geoscience Aerobot VGA . Designs for the VGA envision a relatively large reversible fluid balloon ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 Image Venus In Situ Explorer.png thumb An aerobot concept for Venus Exploration The Venus In Situ Explorer VISE is a mission that was proposed by the NASA planetary science Decadal Survey as a space probe designed to answer fundamental scientific questions by landing and performing experiments on Venus . It would be part of NASA s New Frontiers program . ref VISE in the solarsystem.nasa.gov list of proposed missions http solarsystem.nasa.gov missions profile.cfm?MCode VISE Dead link date July 2010 ref Dead link date July 2010 ref Venus Exploration Analysis Group VEXAG http www.lpi.usra.edu vexag Dead link date July 2010 ref Dead link date July 2010 ref NASA New Frontiers Program Program Plan http newfrontiers.nasa.gov program plan.html accessed 2010 July 22 ref Overview and capabilities While on the surface, the Venus In Situ Explorer will acquire and characterize a core sample of the surface to study pristine rock samples not weathered by the very harsh surface conditions of the planet. Also, the VISE will measure the composition and mineralogy of the surface. The Venus In Situ Explorer has been proposed for launch in 2013. Other Venus exploration concepts Several variant mission concepts for a Venus in situ explorer have also been proposed, including both surface and atmospheric exploration Observations and explorations of Venus Future missions Other surface exploration concepts Aerobot JPL aerobot mission concepts Aerobot concepts Venus airplane concepts References Reflist External links NASA http newfrontiers.nasa.gov program plan.html New Frontiers program plan accessed 22 July 2010 NASA http gltrs.grc.nasa.gov Citations.aspx?id 1568 Atmospheric Flight on Venus Glenn Technical Reports Server Venus spacecraft Category Missions to Venus Category New Frontiers Category Extraterrestrial aircraft ar cs Venus In Situ Explorer es Venus In Situ Explorer fr Venus In Situ Explorer no Venus In Situ Explorer pt Venus In Situ ... more details
Mawrth Vallis Animation 2012 ref Other aircraft Mars Geoscience Aerobot ref http trs new.jpl.nasa.gov dspace handle 2014 21938 Mars Balloon Trajectory Model for Mars Geoscience Aerobot Development 1997 ref See also Aerobraking Aerobot References reflist External links http www.nasa.gov centers dryden ... more details
merge Moller M400 Skycar date April 2012 Paul Sandner Moller December 11, 1936, Canada is an Engineering engineer who has spent the past forty years developing the Moller Skycar personal VTOL vertical takeoff and landing VTOL vehicle. The engine technology developed for the Skycar has also been adapted as a Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV platform called the http www.moller.com aerobot aerobot . The rotapower engine itself has been spun off to a separate Moller company, Freedom Motors. In 1972, Moller founded Supertrapp Industries to market his invention of an engine silencing system. Moller sold Supertrapp in 1988 in order to fund development of his Skycar and its rotapower engine. source following the links on Moller International s home page http www.moller.com In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Moller for civil fraud Securities And Exchange Commission v. Moller International, Inc., and Paul S. Moller, Defendants in connection with the sale of unregistered stock, and for making unsubstantiated claims about the performance of the Skycar. Moller settled this lawsuit by agreeing to a permanent injunction and paying 50,000. ref http www.sec.gov litigation litreleases lr17987.htm Securities And Exchange Commission v. Moller International, Inc., and Paul S. Moller, Defendants from the Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website ref Moller is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis and lives in Davis, California Davis . He was featured in Popular Science Popular Science s January 2005 issue ref Jeff Wise http www.popsci.com popsci aviationspace 08b889c49db84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html Paul Moller Artful Dodger, with Eyes on the Prize , Popular Science , January 1, 2005. Retrieved 09.24.2009. ref and recently appeared on the Coast To Coast AM Citation needed date November 2010 . He also appeared in Popular Science Popular Science s September 1967 issue Citation needed date November 2010 . In 20 ... more details
tooshort date September 2011 Infobox Film name Gunhed alt title Ganheddo writer James Bannon br Masato Harada starring Masahiro Takashima br Brenda Bakke director Masato Harada producer Yoshishige Shimatani br Tomoyuki Tanaka br Tetsuhisa Yamada br Eiji Yamaura distributor Toho , Manga Entertainment Australia and the UK released July 22nd, 1989 runtime 100 min. language Japanese language Japanese budget 1,500,000,000? 10,500,000 music Toshiyuki Honda br Takayuki Baba image Gunhedposter.jpg nihongo GUNHED Ganheddo is a 1989 Japanese live action mecha film. It is an adaptation of the manga Gunhed by Kia Asamiya . Plot In 2038, a gang of scavengers infiltrate an industrial complex on a island within a prohibited zone. They are looking for the element Texmexium, which is rare and very valuable. The scavengers are killed off by the automated defenses, until only Brooklyn, the group s mechanic, is left. He discovers a stranded Texas Air Ranger and two children living among the complex s rubble. Together, they must destroy the Kyron 5 computer in order to escape and warn humanity. Brooklyn discovers a GUNHED from Gun UNit Heavy Elimination Device combat robot left over from when a battalion of Gunheds were sent to destroy Kyron 5. Brooklyn works to restore it to operation. Meanwhile, Babe, one of the scavengers killed earlier, has been transformed into a bio droid and is seeking out Sergeant Nim and the Texmexium she stole. In order to save her and destroy Kyron 5, Brooklyn must overcome his fear of flying and pilot the GUNHED to the top of the complex s tower. The computers single large defence is the robotic Aerobot. Production notes The concept for the film came from a story contest that Toho held in 1986, which was to decide on the narrative for the next installment in the Heisei Godzilla series. James Bannon was the contestant who was noted for his Godzilla 2 script, which had the King of the Monsters facing off against a giant computer, but was beat out by Shin ... more details
TopicTOC Robotics Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robot s. ref name OED cite web title robotics url http www.oxforddictionaries.com view entry m en gb0714530 m en gb0714530 publisher Oxford Dictionaries accessdate 4 February 2011 ref Robotics is related to the science s of electronics , engineering , mechanics , and computer software software . ref cite web url http content.monster.com articles 3472 18567 1 industry 12 home.aspx title Industry Spotlight Robotics from Monster Career Advice accessdate 2007 08 26 ref The following is a list of common definitions related to the Robotics field. Image IED detonator.jpg thumb right A U.S. Marine Corps technician prepares to deploy a device that will detonate a buried improvised explosive device near Camp Fallujah , Iraq compactTOC8 side yes center yes nobreak yes seealso yes refs yes extlinks yes NOTOC A Actuator , a motor that translates control signals into mechanical movement. The control signals are usually electrical but may, more rarely, be pneumatic or hydraulic. The power supply may likewise be any of these. It is common for electrical control to be used to modulate a high power pneumatic or hydraulic motor. ref name ang cite book author Joseph A. Angelo title Robotics a reference guide to the new technology url http books.google.com books?id 73kNFV4sDx8C&pg PA258&dq robotics glossary terms&hl en&ei IN1CTcm1DYScgQfQoPyDAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CEQQ6AEwAQ v onepage&q&f false accessdate 28 January 2011 year 2007 publisher Libraries Unlimited isbn 9781573563376 pages 258 327 ref ref name osh cite web url http www.osha.gov dts osta otm otm iv otm iv 4.html app iv 4 1 title OSHA Technical Manual SECTION IV CHAPTER 4 INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS AND ROBOT SYSTEM SAFETY publisher Occupational Safety and Health Administration accessdate 2011 01 28 ref Aerobot a robot capable of independent flight on o ... more details
About the planet pp move indef pp semi indef Infobox planet name Venus symbol File Venus symbol.svg 25px alt The Venusian symbol, a circle with a small equal armed cross beneath it Astronomical symbol of Venus image File Venus real.jpg 250px alt Venus in approximately true color, a nearly uniform pale cream, although the image has been processed to bring out details. ref name Lakdawalla2009 Emily Lakdawalla, http www.planetary.org blog article 00002105 Venus Looks More Boring than You Think It Does , Planetary Society Blog, Sept. 21 2009 retrieved Dec. 4 2011 ref The planet s disk is about three quarters illuminated. Almost no variation or detail can be seen in the clouds. Venus Licensing conditions Image processing by R. Nunes http www.astrosurf.com nunes caption Venus in true color . The surface is obscured by a thick blanket of clouds. epoch J2000 aphelion plainlist 108,942,109 km 0.728 231 28 Astronomical unit AU perihelion plainlist 107,476,259 km 0.718 432 70 AU semimajor plainlist 108,208,930 km 0.723 332 AU eccentricity 0.006 8 period plainlist 224.700 69 day 0.615 197 0 julian year astronomy yr 1.92 Venus solar day synodic period 583.92 days ref name nssdc avg speed 35.02 km s inclination plainlist 3.394 71 to Ecliptic 3.86 to Ecliptic Ecliptic and planets Sun s equator 2.19 to Invariable plane ref name meanplane asc node 76.670 69 arg peri 54.852 29 mean anomaly 50.44675 satellites None physical characteristics yes mean radius plainlist nowrap 6,051.8 1.0 km ref name Seidelmann2007 0.949 9 Earths flattening 0 ref name Seidelmann2007 surface area plainlist 4.60 e 8 km sup 2 sup 0.902 Earths volume plainlist 9.38 e 11 km sup 3 sup 0.866 Earths mass plainlist 4.868 5 e 24 kg 0.815 Earths density 5.204 g cm sup 3 sup surface grav plainlist 8.87 Acceleration m s sup 2 sup nowrap 0.904 g force g escape velocity 10.46 km s sidereal day 243.018 5 day ... more details
TopicTOC Robotics Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robot s. ref name OED cite web title robotics url http www.oxforddictionaries.com view entry m en gb0714530 m en gb0714530 publisher Oxford Dictionaries accessdate 4 February 2011 ref Robotics is related to the science s of electronics , engineering , mechanics , and computer software software . ref cite web url http content.monster.com articles 3472 18567 1 industry 12 home.aspx title Industry Spotlight Robotics from Monster Career Advice accessdate 2007 08 26 ref The word robot was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel apek in his play R.U.R. Rossum s Universal Robots , published in 1920. The term robotics was coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1941 science fiction short story Liar ref According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the term robotics was first used in the short story Liar published in the May, 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. ref Articles related to robotics include CompactTOC8 side yes nobreak yes num yes seealso yes refs yes 0 9 batteries not included 20Q 321 kinematic structure 3D Pose Estimation 5DX 790 robot 8 Man 964 Pinocchio A A.P.E.X. Aaron Doral ABB Group ABC Warriors ABU Robocon Acoustical engineering ACROSS Project Action description language Action selection ActivMedia Robotics Actuator Adam robot Adam Link Adaptable robotics Adaptive control Adelbrecht Admissible heuristic Adventist Robotics League Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Aerobot Aerospace Affective computing Agent Systems Reference Model AgentSheets Agricultural robot AI complete AI box AI winter AIBO Ajay Kapur Albert Hubo Albert One Alberto Broggi Alchemy AI Software Alex Raymond Algorithmic probability Ali Jadbabaie Alice mobile robot Alien 3 Alien Resurrection Alienator Aliens film Allen robot Almost Human Making Robots Think Alpha 5 Amazo American robotics Analog robot And or tree Andr Guignard An ... more details
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