"SPHERES" entries
NASA’s Smart SPHERES robot teams up with Project Tango
The Tango smartphone will help SPHERES navigate space station modules.
I work in the Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) at NASA Ames Research Center, and when we got the chance to collaborate with our next-door neighbor Google on their new Project Tango, we knew exactly what to do: we’re sending the Project Tango smartphone to the International Space Station, where it will set our robots free.
Smart SPHERES with a space-ready Project Tango phone. Photo courtesy of NASA.