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'Part-Time Scientists' aim to develop autonomous rover
Some people try to make the most of their spare time by exercising, volunteering, or simply recharging their batteries. Others like to use that time to build robots that can be blasted to the moon and then set free to roam the lunar landscape. A group of engineers and researchers calling themselves Team Part-Time Scientists have chosen the latter, and are building a moon rover named Asimov they hope will win the coveted Google Lunar X Prize by early 2014.
As the name implies, at least half of Part-Time Scientists' 100 members are holding down full-time jobs at industrial firms … Read more
