Thursday, November 29, 2007

Robotic Arm Injury


In a recent experiment to brush and grind a rock on Mars's surface, Opportunity's robotic arm stalled due to a failure in one of its joint. The joint, which controls left-right motion, stopped working while taking microscopic images of the surface. However, the rover has continued to perform its other tasks without failure and operators of the rover will adapt to the new restriction on movement.

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