How would you go about controlling a fleet of Robots as you orbit a planet? ESA and Germany’s Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) had Paolo Nespoli command the Rollin’ Justin robot from the International Space Station. NASA Astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik and NASA Astronaut Jack “2fish” Fischer got to take Justin for a spin too.
Paolo’s point and click adventure with Justin from space
Last month ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli operated a rover in Germany from the International Space Station. Part of ESA’s METERON project, the experiment with German Aerospace Center DLR’s robot, nicknamed Rollin’ Justin, is about developing ways to allow astronauts to control robots from o…
