February 11, 2000
A Carnegie Mellon Robot Finds a Meteorite in Antarctica
Nomad, a 1,600-pound robotic rover designed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, discovered a meteorite lying in an Antarctic ice field last month.
That may not seem like much of a feat, what with robots building cars and exploring the surface of Mars. But Nomad's achievement is unique -- it made the discovery all by itself.
"It really is a big deal," says William L. (Red) Whittaker, principal investigator on the project and director of the
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