Robotics Robotics Robotics and humans working together are demonstrating new exploration strategies. This page offers information and activities that explain how robots play an important role in space exploration. Humans and Robots - This NASA educational brief describes the robotics features on the International Space Station. The brief's classroom activity is about making and using an ISS grapple fixture known as an end effector. Let's Talk Robotics - This video resource guide examines some of NASA's robotic research and how robots are used in space exploration.
Students can design a microrover or build a robot arm from wooden craft sticks.
The videotape to accompany this guide may be ordered from NASA CORE at the link below. Learn here how NASA is using robotics and telerobotics to learn more about Earth and other planets. Robotics Images - View some of exciting robotic images in this directory. Pathfinder deployed a small rover called Sojourner to explore the Martian landscape. The robot was controlled, via satellite and Internet connections, by a team from NASA, Carnegie Mellon University, the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and other organizations.