Experiments on board the ISS performed by Astronaut Greg Chamitoff.
MIT is the designer and operator of the SPHERES testbed.
More info http://ssl.mit.edu/spheres
The algorithm was designed and implemented by Jaime Ramirez in collaboration with Marco Pavone, Emilio Frazzoli and David Miller. For more info visit http://web.mit.edu/ramirez/www
MIT picked an unfortunate acronym for this interesting technology, googling for "nasa spheres" turns up nearly exclusively UFO crackpottery.
ruzaruzaruza 1 month ago
Thanks to android OS again :-D
mimstyle 8 months ago
Use the force.
ianfagerstrom 8 months ago
Incredible Engineering!
sanjaynekkanti 11 months ago
Great someone just invented the Toclafane
timberwolf0122 2 years ago
They're still a bit slow. But once that is solved, they could be a useful tool, for transporting stuff inside a space station.
I guess at their current speed they could, after being hardened for space, already be used for some (camera) work outside the station.
Shashkoila 2 years ago
That is freakin' sweet.
TRYCORP 2 years ago
It may be obvious or it may not, but this video is sped up. Greg's not having a seizure. :-)
mjkobb 2 years ago