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04-18-2014, 09:40 PM
Google's Project Tango Will Power NASA Robots in Space
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Just two months after Google an**unced Project Tango (http://mashable.com/category/Project-Tango?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) — an experimental Android-powered smartphone with 3D sensors — its Advanced Tech**logy and Projects (ATAP) team is working to get a prototype inside the International Space Station to assist NASA astronauts with chores and tasks.
The 5-inch smartphone, which comes with 3D-tracking and mapping capabilities via its camera, will be attached to a robot (on a robotic platform called NASA Spheres) with the ability to navigate the station. The Spheres robots will work in zero-gravity and help those on board the International Space Station
See also: 7 Oddball Things Found on the Space Station (http://mashable.com/2013/07/07/odd-things-space-station/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/18/project-tango-nasa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Just two months after Google an**unced Project Tango (http://mashable.com/category/Project-Tango?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) — an experimental Android-powered smartphone with 3D sensors — its Advanced Tech**logy and Projects (ATAP) team is working to get a prototype inside the International Space Station to assist NASA astronauts with chores and tasks.
The 5-inch smartphone, which comes with 3D-tracking and mapping capabilities via its camera, will be attached to a robot (on a robotic platform called NASA Spheres) with the ability to navigate the station. The Spheres robots will work in zero-gravity and help those on board the International Space Station
See also: 7 Oddball Things Found on the Space Station (http://mashable.com/2013/07/07/odd-things-space-station/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/18/project-tango-nasa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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