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Space: Spirit and Opportunity are directed by Honeybee Robotics based in Little Italy

New York, Usa - The two robot showed an unpredictable life

Spirit and Opportunity, the two robot operating on Mars since last January, are directed by means of some computers belonging to Honeybee Robotics, based in the ex-quarter of the Italian expatriates, Little Italy (New York). The two robot should had a three-month life: because of their unpredictable life and of the consequent extension of their activity, which focuses mainly in hollowing under Mars's...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107098
Rome, Italy, 11/08/2004 16:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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