Comments on: Coming Home With a Trophy http://ateachersthoughts.com/educational-technology/coming-home-with-a-trophy/ Learning and Science in the 21st Century Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Diane Hammond http://ateachersthoughts.com/educational-technology/coming-home-with-a-trophy/#comment-106 Diane Hammond Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:07:34 +0000 http://ateachersthoughts.com/educational-technology/coming-home-with-a-trophy/#comment-106 Way to go! Please pass on my congratulations to your students. Tell them they may have a future in the space industry! Here's some robotics info you may want to pass on to them as well. As you know, robotics play a huge role on the International Space Station. In fact the ISS is about to receive a new robotic "hand", which will be added to the end of the Canadarm2. Called Dextre, it is the third component of the Station robotics system. With its dual-arm design providing added flexibility, Dextre will remove and replace smaller components on the Station’s exterior, where precise handling is required. It will be equipped with lights, video equipment, a tool platform and four tool holders. You can find out more about this robotic device at the the Canadian Space Agency web site, <a href="http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/iss/mss_spdm.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/iss/mss_spdm.asp</a> . Dextre is currently at the Kennedy Space Center being processed for delivery to the ISS on STS-123 in February. Your students may be interested to know that there is another ISS07 Project team also competing in robotics competitions - the Space Grizzlies from Edmonton, Alberta. Your students may want to discuss their robotics designs with them. Diane Way to go! Please pass on my congratulations to your students. Tell them they may have a future in the space industry!

Here’s some robotics info you may want to pass on to them as well.

As you know, robotics play a huge role on the International Space Station. In fact the ISS is about to receive a new robotic “hand”, which will be added to the end of the Canadarm2. Called Dextre, it is the third component of the Station robotics system. With its dual-arm design providing added flexibility, Dextre will remove and replace smaller components on the Station’s exterior, where precise handling is required. It will be equipped with lights, video equipment, a tool platform and four tool holders. You can find out more about this robotic device at the the Canadian Space Agency web site, http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/iss/mss_spdm.asp . Dextre is currently at the Kennedy Space Center being processed for delivery to the ISS on STS-123 in February.

Your students may be interested to know that there is another ISS07 Project team also competing in robotics competitions - the Space Grizzlies from Edmonton, Alberta. Your students may want to discuss their robotics designs with them.

Diane

]]>