Synopsis
LETS TALK ROBOTICS (LIFTOFF TO LEARNING SERIES) Educational program explaining the basics of robotics technology and uses of robots for space missions to elementary or middle school aged students. Features a Friendswood, Texas school classroom project to design robots; STS-85 crewmembers Robert Curbeam, Steve Robinson and Jan Davis discuss use of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) and Manipulator Flight Development (MDF) robot during their flight; STS-87 crewmember Kalpana Chawla gives a tour of JSC Automation and Robotics Simulation Division laboratories and robots; STS-87 crewmembers Chawla and Steven Lindsey discuss Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera (AERCam); Lindsey discusses the For Inspirational and Recognition of Science Technology (FIRST) robotics competition with scenes from the 1997 event.
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Details
- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- NASA
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Robotics
- education
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