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Saturday, September 12th, 2015

Astronaut on ISS Controls a ‘Feeling’ Robot on Earth

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Source:     Discovery.com
Publication Date:     Sep 8, 2015 11:40 AM ET
 Link: Astronaut on ISS Controls a ‘Feeling’ Robot on Earth
Stephan:   This story is pitched as a space project, but the real impact, in my view is that this is a step in the virtual reality revolution in which full sensorium linkage with robots and avatars is coming. In my opinion this is what will replace actual physical travel when air travel becomes problematic as a result of climate change.
Denmark's astronaut Andreas Mogensen gives a thumb up before boarding the Soyuz TMA-18M rocket just a few hours before his launch to the International Space Station. SERGEI ILNITSKY/epa/Corbis

Denmark’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen gives a thumb up before boarding the Soyuz TMA-18M rocket just a few hours before his launch to the International Space Station.
Sergei Ilnitsky/epa/Corbis

European experts have pulled off a major advance that might one day help build new worlds in space after an astronaut in the International Space Station remotely guided a robot on Earth by feel.

Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen performed the breath-taking experiment in which he placed a peg into a very tight hole on Monday under the careful control of the European Space Agency.

The International Space Station may be seriously graying at the temples, but that doesn’t mean it still can’t contribute meaningfully to science. Trace explains why the venerable space lab still matters.

While orbiting some 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, Mogensen took control of the Earthbound Interact Centaur rover, which has a pair […]

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