View Full Version : VolcanoBot 1, volcano-diving robot, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA
Airicist
14th January 2015, 01:52
Developers:
Carolyn Parcheta (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?10010)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2006)
Aaron Parness (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?10011)
Airicist
14th January 2015, 01:56
https://youtu.be/beAR6SXovBw
2014 Expedition Granted Finalist: Inside A Volcano
Published on Sep 16, 2014
Let's map a volcanic conduit system with a wall-climbing robot. It's never been done before, but it's not impossible.
Vote for Dr. Carolyn Parcheta, along with her teammates, Aaron Parness, Nick Wiltsie, Catherine Pavlov and Kalind Carpenter, at ExpeditionGranted.com. One winner will be selected by your votes to receive $50,000 to fund their dream expedition!
Airicist
14th January 2015, 01:57
Article "NASA robot dives into old lava crate (https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/01/nasa-robot-dives-into-old-lava-crater)r"
VolcanoBot 1 has explored an inactive Hawaiian volcano.
by Emiko Jozuka
January 11, 2015
Airicist
14th January 2015, 01:58
Article "Awesome Lady Geologist Builds Volcano-Diving Robots With NASA, Because Robots Weren’t Indestructible Enough (https://www.themarysue.com/nasa-volcano-bot)"
No one tell the T-1000 about this technology.
by Dan Van Winkle
January 13, 2015
Airicist
23rd January 2015, 02:54
https://vimeo.com/116815758
B-roll: VolcanoBot Explores Volcanic Fissure
January 14, 2015
B-roll for media: Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory took a robot called “VolcanoBot 1” to a fissure at the active Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii in May 2014.
Airicist
1st October 2015, 23:22
https://vimeo.com/140987628
B-roll: VolcanoBot Explores Volcanic Fissure
September 30, 2015
B-roll for media: Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory took a robot called “VolcanoBot 1” to a fissure at the active Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii in March 2015.