Mars Rovers At Smithsonian And Exploratorium Now

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 31, 2003 @04:09AM from the sorry-wrong-planet dept.

Illah Nourbakhsh writes "From the makers of the Palm Pilot Robot Kit comes our newest thing. If you live in SF or in DC you can go to the biggest science centers of them all, the Air & Space Museum or the Exploratorium and interact with miniature Mars rovers we've put in Mars yards there. The robots take panoramic images and track and test rocks, so it's no remote-control toy. All Linux on-board, using a prototype single-board arm-based robotics board (the Intel Stayton). The website 'gallery' has pictures of all of the rover's parts, including the Linux processor and the mechanicals. Gallery also has several videos. We've built 20 of these 'bots and they're in DC, San Francisco and Augusta, Georgia." If these were in toy stores ...

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Obvious question..... by BWJones · 2003-12-31 04:11 · Score: 5, Funny

So, I guess the obvious question is: Where can I buy one? Followed up by: Are you going to Open source it?

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1. Re:Obvious question..... by lxs · 2003-12-31 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No no no no no!
  The obvious question is:
  
  "Does SCO plan to send a probe to mars, carrying an invoice for $699?"
I've heard alot about these models by Naomi_the_butterfly · 2003-12-31 04:12 · Score: 5, Informative

I've heard alot about these models, and they're supposed to be spactacular. Incredibly accurate. There's a great collection of interviews (audio) with project scientists available at http://www.planetary.org/audio/planetaryradio.html . Really worth a listen.