Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself 214
Cowards Anonymous passes along a PCWorld article that begins, "The robotic arm on the Mars Lander found itself in a tough position over the weekend. After receiving instructions for a movement that would have damaged its wrist, the robotic arm recognized the problem, tried to rectify it and then shut down before it could damage itself, according to Ray Arvidson, a co-investigator for the Mars Lander's robotic arm team and a professor at Washington University in St. Louis."
Re:In other words (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Open the pod bay doors, HAL. (Score:5, Interesting)
Upon further recollection, occassionally, when I felt like a break, I would affix an additional bar code sticker from a different zip code to a periodical. I don't recall anyone ever catching on.
Re:Shut down before it could damage itself? (Score:4, Interesting)
Since there are no humans on Mars, they needed to implement only the 3rd.
It's a modified Nestor.
Re:In other words (Score:3, Interesting)