An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an unmanned space mission unmanned space ... robot, or aerobot ref Barnes D.P., Summers, P., Shaw, A., An investigation into aerobot technologies ... link to NASA TM ref Most aerobot concepts are based on aerostat s, primarily balloon s, but occasionally ... operational, the aerobot will be largely on its own and will have to conduct its mission autonomously, accepting only general commands over its long link to Earth. The aerobot will have to navigate ... aerobot effort After the success of the Venus VEGA balloons, Blamont focused on a more ambitious ... to cost, and the probe was lost on launch in 1996 anyway. JPL aerobot experiments By this time, the Jet ... aerobot technology. The first such experiments focused on a series of reversible fluid balloons ... on a full fledged aerobot experiment named PAT, for Planetary Aerobot Testbed , which was intended to demonstrate a complete planetary aerobot through flights into Earth s atmosphere. PAT concepts ... to lead to a Mars aerobot, under the name MABVAP, for Mars Aerobot Validation Program . MABVAP experiments ... deployment phase of a planetary aerobot mission, and development of envelopes for superpressure ..., both to support the balloon missions and to validate technologies for planetary aerobots. JPL aerobot ... studies for planetary aerobot missions to Mars , Venus , Saturn s moon Titan moon Titan , and the outer ... aerobot mission, named MABTEX, for Mars Aerobot Technology Experiment . As its name implies, MABTEX ... aerobot named MGA, for Mars Geoscience Aerobot . Current design concepts for MGA envision a superpressure ... by a small solar powered blimp named MASEPA, for Mars Solar Electric Propelled Aerobot . Venus JPL has also pursued similar studies on Venus aerobots. A Venus Aerobot Technology Experiment VEBTEX ... on full operational missions. One mission concept, the Venus Aerobot Multisonde VAMS , envisions an aerobot ... Geoscience Aerobot VGA . Designs for the VGA envision a relatively large reversible fluid balloon ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 Image Venus In Situ Explorer.png thumb An aerobot concept for Venus Exploration The Venus In Situ Explorer VISE is a mission that was proposed by the NASA planetary science Decadal Survey as a space probe designed to answer fundamental scientific questions by landing and performing experiments on Venus . It would be part of NASA s New Frontiers program . ref VISE in the solarsystem.nasa.gov list of proposed missions http solarsystem.nasa.gov missions profile.cfm?MCode VISE Dead link date July 2010 ref Dead link date July 2010 ref Venus Exploration Analysis Group VEXAG http www.lpi.usra.edu vexag Dead link date July 2010 ref Dead link date July 2010 ref NASA New Frontiers Program Program Plan http newfrontiers.nasa.gov program plan.html accessed 2010 July 22 ref Overview and capabilities While on the surface, the Venus In Situ Explorer will acquire and characterize a core sample of the surface to study pristine rock samples not weathered by the very harsh surface conditions of the planet. Also, the VISE will measure the composition and mineralogy of the surface. The Venus In Situ Explorer has been proposed for launch in 2013. Other Venus exploration concepts Several variant mission concepts for a Venus in situ explorer have also been proposed, including both surface and atmospheric exploration Observations and explorations of Venus Future missions Other surface exploration concepts Aerobot JPL aerobot mission concepts Aerobot concepts Venus airplane concepts References Reflist External links NASA http newfrontiers.nasa.gov program plan.html New Frontiers program plan accessed 22 July 2010 NASA http gltrs.grc.nasa.gov Citations.aspx?id 1568 Atmospheric Flight on Venus Glenn Technical Reports Server Venus spacecraft Category Venus spacecraft US spacecraft stub ar cs Venus In Situ Explorer es Venus In Situ Explorer fr Venus In Situ Explorer pt Venus In Situ Explorer sv Venus In Situ Explorer ... more details
Dr. Paul S. Moller born 1936, Canada is an Engineering engineer who has spent the past forty years developing the Moller Skycar personal VTOL vertical takeoff and landing VTOL vehicle. The engine technology developed for the Skycar has also been adapted as a Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV platform called the http www.moller.com aerobot aerobot . The rotapower engine itself has been spun off to a separate Moller company, Freedom Motors. In 1972, Moller founded Supertrapp Industries to market his invention of an engine silencing system. Moller sold Supertrapp in 1988 in order to fund development of his Skycar and its rotapower engine. source following the links on Moller International s home page http www.moller.com In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Moller for civil fraud Securities And Exchange Commission v. Moller International, Inc., and Paul S. Moller, Defendants in connection with the sale of unregistered stock, and for making unsubstantiated claims about the performance of the Skycar. Moller settled this lawsuit by agreeing to a permanent injunction and paying 50,000. ref http www.sec.gov litigation litreleases lr17987.htm Securities And Exchange Commission v. Moller International, Inc., and Paul S. Moller, Defendants from the Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website ref Moller is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis and lives in Davis, California Davis . He was featured in Popular Science Popular Science s January 2005 issue ref Jeff Wise http www.popsci.com popsci aviationspace 08b889c49db84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html Paul Moller Artful Dodger, with Eyes on the Prize , Popular Science , January 1, 2005. Retrieved 09.24.2009. ref and recently appeared on the Coast To Coast AM Citation needed date November 2010 . He also appeared in Popular Science Popular Science s September 1967 issue Citation needed date November 2010 . In 2007, Moller announced that the M200G Volantor , a s ... more details
incomplete date January 2011 The following is a list of common definitions related to the Robotics field. Image IED detonator.jpg thumb right A U.S. Marine Corps technician prepares to deploy a device that will detonate a buried improvised explosive device near Camp Fallujah , Iraq compactTOC2 NOTOC A Actuator , a motor that translates control signals into mechanical movement. The control signals are usually electrical but may, more rarely, be pneumatic or hydraulic. The power supply may likewise be any of these. It is common for electrical control to be used to modulate a high power pneumatic or hydraulic motor. ref name ang cite book author Joseph A. Angelo title Robotics a reference guide to the new technology url http books.google.com books?id 73kNFV4sDx8C&pg PA258&dq robotics glossary terms&hl en&ei IN1CTcm1DYScgQfQoPyDAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CEQQ6AEwAQ v onepage&q&f false accessdate 28 January 2011 year 2007 publisher Libraries Unlimited isbn 9781573563376 pages 258 327 ref ref name osh cite web url http www.osha.gov dts osta otm otm iv otm iv 4.html app iv 4 1 title OSHA Technical Manual SECTION IV CHAPTER 4 INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS AND ROBOT SYSTEM SAFETY publisher Occupational Safety and Health Administration accessdate 2011 01 28 ref Aerobot a robot capable of independent flight on other planets. Android robot Android a humanoid robot. ref name irh citation title Industrial robotics handbook author V. Daniel Hunt chapter Appendix A Glossary isbn 9780831111489 publisher Industrial Press Inc. year 1983 ref ref name HD citation title Robotics author Helena Domaine chapter Glossary year 2006 publisher Lerner Publications isbn 9780822521129 ref Arduino The current platform of choice for small scale robotic experimentation and physical computing . Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. Aura satellite a robotic spacecraft launched by NASA in 2004 which collects atmospheric ... more details
About the planet pp move indef pp semi indef Please note the formatting and layout of this infobox has been matched with the other bodies of the Solar System. Please do not arbitrarily change it without discussion. Additional parameters for this template are available at Template Infobox Planet . Infobox Planet bgcolour EDD58B name Venus symbol File Venus symbol.svg 25px alt The Venusian symbol, a circle with a small equal armed cross beneath it Astronomical symbol of Venus image File Venus real.jpg 250px alt Venus in real color, a nearly uniform pale cream. The planet s disk is about three quarters illuminated. Almost no variation or detail can be seen in the clouds. Venus Licensing conditions Image processing by R. Nunes http www.astrosurf.com nunes caption Venus in real color epoch J2000 aphelion 108,942,109 km br 0.728 231 28 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 107,476,259 km br 0.718 432 70 AU semimajor 108,208,930 km br 0.723 332 AU eccentricity 0.006 8 period 224.700 69 day br 0.615 197 0 julian year astronomy yr br 1.92 Venus solar day synodic period 583.92 days ref name nssdc avg speed 35.02 km s inclination 3.394 71 to Ecliptic br 3.86 to Ecliptic Ecliptic and planets Sun s equator br 2.19 to Invariable plane ref name meanplane asc node 76.670 69 arg peri 54.852 29 mean anomaly 50.44675 satellites None physical characteristics yes mean radius nowrap 6,051.8 1.0 km ref name Seidelmann2007 br 0.949 9 Earths flattening 0 ref name Seidelmann2007 surface area 4.60 e 8 km sup 2 sup br 0.902 Earths volume 9.38 e 11 km sup 3 sup br 0.857 Earths mass 4.868 5 e 24 kg br 0.815 Earths density 5.204 g cm sup 3 sup surface grav 8.87 Acceleration m s sup 2 sup br nowrap 0.904 g force g escape velocity 10.46 km s sidereal day 243.018 5 day rot velocity convert 6.52 km h m s abbr on axial tilt 177.3 ref name nssdc right asc north pole nowrap 18 h 11 min 2 s br 27 ... more details
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