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LinuxDevices: NASA Tests Linux-based Planetary Surface Exploration Robots

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“A Linux-based NASA lunar rover is on maneuvers–and Internet
webcams–this week in the Arizona desert near Meteor Crater. The
K-10’s maneuvers are related to a NASA project tasked with building
extra-vehicular activity (EVA) hardware and developing EVA
procedures for planetary surface exploration.

“The K-10 robot is being exercised this week by a NASA working
group called ‘D-RATS’ (desert research and technology
studies)…”

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