NASA JPL Robotic Microspines

NASA JPL researchers present a 250-mm diameter omni-directional anchor that uses an array of claws with suspension flexures, called microspines, designed to grip rocks on the surfaces of asteroids and comets and to grip the cliff faces and lava tubes of Mars. Part of the paper, “Gravity-Independent Mobility and Drilling on Natural Rock Using Microspines,” by A. Parness et al., presented at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

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17 responses to “NASA JPL Robotic Microspines”

  1. YTDekus Avatar
    YTDekus

    Amazing! wow..?
    Amazing! wow..?

  2. thinker900 Avatar
    thinker900

    Science? copying …
    Science? copying Nature.

  3. CuervoBlack07 Avatar
    CuervoBlack07

    I think this would …
    I think this would take asteroid mining another? footstep closer to being practical. Though this will have to be much, much bigger.

  4. TheFluffyDuck Avatar
    TheFluffyDuck

    Much? like
    Much? like

  5. xanderblue117 Avatar
    xanderblue117

    Endless …
    Endless applications climbing?

  6. Elround4 Avatar
    Elround4

    Fascinating…?
    Fascinating…?

  7. HHDDVVDDBVD Avatar
    HHDDVVDDBVD

    Bricks have been …
    Bricks have been shat?

  8. JonathanSeagullUtube Avatar
    JonathanSeagullUtube

    Here comes the …
    Here comes the machines? of the Matrix…

  9. musedmoments Avatar
    musedmoments

    Is this? possible …
    Is this? possible for asteroid mining??

  10. roidroid Avatar
    roidroid

    a while back the tv …
    a while back the tv show “Prototype This” built? on that idea to do just that, it was basically what you see in this spectrummag video but they hooks weren’t arranged around a central axis.
    watch?v=T6w-NKfkhrg

  11. DewdInTheNewd Avatar
    DewdInTheNewd

    Not when they only …
    Not when they only hold about 14kg. But if they could make them hold? more, that would be awesome.

  12. roidroid Avatar
    roidroid

    “Copyright 2011”

    “Copyright 2011”
    2011
    ?_??

  13. SEThatered Avatar
    SEThatered

    Spiderman gloves …
    Spiderman gloves anyone??

  14. USCStevens Avatar
    USCStevens

    I see commercial …
    I see commercial applications? in rock climbing

  15. RiverRockFilms Avatar
    RiverRockFilms

    this could be very …
    this could be very useful for rock? climbing!

  16. DouglasMcK Avatar
    DouglasMcK

    Thats? a first
    Thats? a first

  17. tkmkirill Avatar
    tkmkirill

    wow?
    wow?

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